CSRF in MediaWiki
CVE-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 constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.24.0, 1.24.1, 1.24.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 (mailing-list)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334 (vdb-entry)