PT-2012-3355

CVE-2012-1581

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Published

2012-09-09

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
5.0
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2 MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1
Description The issue allows remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users due to the use of weak random numbers for password reset tokens.
Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2, update to version 1.17.3 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1, update to version 1.18.2 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-1581
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