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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2012-4382)

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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2012-4382)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/19/2017
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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