Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2014-2243
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect token guesses.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.1.0, 1.10.0, 1.10.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2 (mailing-list)
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/