CVE-2012-4198

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The User.get method in Bugzilla/WebService/User.pm in Bugzilla 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1 has a different outcome for a groups request depending on whether a group exists, which allows remote authenticated users to discover private group names by observing whether a call throws an error.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 3.7, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 4.0, 4.0-rc1 (+23)

References

http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.11/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:066
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781850
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.11/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:066
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781850

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