Name: CVE-2012-4382: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-4382, CWE-200, CVSS 4.9, EPSS 0.01201

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not properly protect user block metadata, which allows remote administrators to read a user block reason via a reblock attempt.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 4.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Jul 30, 2024	Oct 19, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Dec 10, 2025	Sep 1, 2012
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Oct 23, 2019	Oct 19, 2017

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