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CVE-2012-4885

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/09/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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