{"id":"CVE-2012-4381","details":"MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:18.956867Z","published":"2020-02-08T18:15:11Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}