UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0503

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0503
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0503.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0503
Upstream
Published
2018-10-04T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:37Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.27.4-3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.27.3-1
1:1.27.4-1
1:1.27.4-2
1:1.27.4-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        }
    ]
}