Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.31.10-1~deb10u1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (54th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-MEDIAWIKI-1012653
  • published 25 Sep 2020
  • disclosed 27 Sep 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 mediawiki to version 1:1.31.10-1~deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the OATHAuth extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. For Wikis using OATHAuth on a farm/cluster (such as via CentralAuth), rate limiting of OATH tokens is only done on a single site level. Thus, multiple requests can be made across many wikis/sites concurrently.