CVE-2018-0503: Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
(updated )
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for ‘user’ overrides that for ’newbie’.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0503.yaml
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhfv-9h99-jwg7
- github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0503
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
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