CVE-2012-1581
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 uses weak random numbers for password reset tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1598)
- Published
- September 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1598 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48504(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35078
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78910
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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