VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-0503
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'.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.56%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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'.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.56% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 1.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.