{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0503","details":"Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:43Z","published":"2018-10-04T20:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-0503"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0503"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0503"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.27.4-3?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.27.3-1","1:1.27.4-1","1:1.27.4-2","1:1.27.4-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:1.27.4-3","binary_name":"mediawiki"},{"binary_version":"1:1.27.4-3","binary_name":"mediawiki-classes"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0503.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}