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CVE-2012-1581

Date: September 9, 2012

MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 uses weak random numbers for password reset tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users.

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35078
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78910
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1581
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1581
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-1581

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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