Name: CVE-2018-0503: Improper Privilege Management
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-0503, CWE-269, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.0156

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'.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Oct 4, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Sep 24, 2018	Aug 29, 2018
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mediawiki130Upgrade mediawiki129Upgrade mediawiki127Upgrade mediawiki131	Sep 23, 2018	Sep 22, 2018
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Oct 23, 2019	Oct 4, 2018
Redhat Openshift	—	Upgrade mediawiki123Upgrade mediawiki	Oct 21, 2019	Sep 24, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 4, 2018

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