CVE-2012-1581

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: 1.17, 1.17-beta_1, 1.17.0, 1.17.0-rc1, 1.17.1, 1.17.2 (+5)

References

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
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
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9

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