CVE-2015-8626 — Mediawiki vulnerability

CWE-2555 documents5 sources

Severity

9.8CRITICALNVD

EPSS

0.6%

top 29.37%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Mediawiki Debian Mediawiki

Timeline

PublishedMar 23

Latest updateMay 17

Description

The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 generates passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.25.5-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.25.5-1+3

▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.23.11+10

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-2vh8-pg5g-9p42: The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2015-8626: The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1↗2017-03-23

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2015-8626: mediawiki - The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.2...↗2015

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2015-8622 CVE-2015-8623 CVE-2015-8624 CVE-2015-8625 CVE-2015-8626 CVE-2015-8627 CVE-2015-8628 mediawiki: multiple flaws fixed in 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5, and 1.23.12↗2015-12-23

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