CVE-2012-1581: Mediawiki

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Mediawiki Mediawiki: version 1.17 only; version 1.17.0 only; version 1.17.1 only; version 1.17.2 only; version 1.18 only; version 1.18.0 only; …

Published 2012-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.