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CVE-2012-4885

The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.

  • Published: Sep 9, 2012
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2012-4885
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17.1 1.17.1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17 1.17.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17-beta_1 1.17-beta_1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17.2 1.17.2.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17.0 1.17.0.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.17.0-rc1 1.17.0-rc1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.18-beta_1 1.18-beta_1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.18 1.18.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.18.0-rc1 1.18.0-rc1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.18.1 1.18.1.x
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.18.0 1.18.0.x