CVE-2015-6728
published 2015-09-01CVE-2015-6728: The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in…
PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
0.86%
54.8th percentile
The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.25.5-1 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.25.5-1 (bookworm) |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | <= 1.23.9 | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.25.5-1 | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.25.5-1 | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.25.5-1 | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.25.5-1 | 1:1.25.5-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
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Debian
CVE-2015-6728: mediawiki - The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x befor...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-6728 [HIGH] CVE-2015-6728: mediawiki - The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x befor...
The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.25.5-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.25.5-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.25.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.25.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.25.5-1)
GHSA
GHSA-j8wf-wp2j-cmg7: The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-6728 [HIGH] CWE-352 GHSA-j8wf-wp2j-cmg7: The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1
The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
OSV
CVE-2015-6728: The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1
osv·2015-09-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-6728 [HIGH] CVE-2015-6728: The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1
The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
2015-09-01
Published