CVE-2012-4885

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4885
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-09 21:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17 beta_1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18 beta_1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.17.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
⚓ T37315 XSS in CharInsert, forged strip markers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org
⚓ T24555 padleft: padright: and nowiki do not get on (guess same for all parser functions) UNIQ exposed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVEs for MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA48504 - MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
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