CVE-2015-2936 — Mediawiki vulnerability

CWE-3994 documents4 sources

Severity

7.1HIGHNVD

EPSS

1.9%

top 16.78%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Mediawiki Debian Mediawiki

Timeline

PublishedApr 13

Latest updateMay 17

Description

MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 (bookworm)

▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3+3

▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.24.0, 1.24.1+1

Patches

Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-8x5j-h9hv-6r4c: MediaWiki 1↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2015-2936: MediaWiki 1↗2015-04-13

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2015-2936: mediawiki - MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows r...↗2015

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