Auth bypass in MediaWiki
CVE-2014-2665
includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.14, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.8, and 1.22.x before 1.22.5 does not properly handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account, as demonstrated by tracking the victim's activity, related to a "login CSRF" issue.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.19, 1.19.0, 1.19.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/28/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7 (mailing-list)
- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/ (Patch)