{"id":"UBUNTU-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system via unspecified vectors.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:10:36.777636Z","published":"2020-02-08T18:15:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:47Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-4381"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4381"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4381"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.19.14+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.19.14+dfsg-1"}]}],"versions":["1:1.19.8+dfsg-1","1:1.19.8+dfsg-2","1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.1","1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2","1:1.19.9+dfsg-2","1:1.19.10+dfsg-1","1:1.19.11+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:1.19.14+dfsg-1","binary_name":"mediawiki"},{"binary_version":"1:1.19.14+dfsg-1","binary_name":"mediawiki-classes"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}