CVE-2012-4885 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the wikitext parser of MediaWiki versions 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2. Remote attackers can trigger an infinite loop, specifically demonstrated with the padleft function, by providing specially crafted input. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to potential availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.