{"id":"DEBIAN-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":"2026-09-05T07:00:37.972376778Z","published":"2020-02-08T18:15:11.243Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-4381"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4381"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.19.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4381.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.19.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4381.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.19.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4381.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}