TI-2012-03724 Aliases CVE-2012-4381 GHSA-794f-724h-wf37

Hard-coded credentials in MediaWiki

MEDIUM 42CWE-798Published 2020-02-08 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04061 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed MediaWiki: 1.18.5, 1.19.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	MediaWiki	before 1.18.5; 1.19 to before 1.19.2	1.18.5, 1.19.2	Patch available	CNA

MediaWiki Vendor— Affected before 1.18.5; 1.19 to before 1.19.2 Fixed in 1.18.5, 1.19.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::	before 1.18.5; 1.19.0 to before 1.19.2	Vulnerable	mediawiki

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.18.5; 1.19.0 to before 1.19.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

Fix · CNA MediaWiki Fixed in 1.18.5, 1.19.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4381
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-794f-724h-wf37

References

Patch 5

Advisory 1

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330

Other 1

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106

TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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Sources

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