MEDIUM6.5
GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp
Mediawiki BotPassword can bypass CentralAuth's account lock
Quick fix
GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp — mediawiki/core: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.27.5Details
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuth's account lock
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Affected packages
Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.27.0Fixed in: 1.27.5Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.27.5Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.29.0Fixed in: 1.29.3Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.29.3Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.30.0Fixed in: 1.30.1Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.30.1Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.31.0Fixed in: 1.31.1Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.31.1References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505[ADVISORY]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813[WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0505.yaml[WEB]
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html[WEB]
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301[WEB]
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695[WEB]