Vulnerability in MediaWiki

CVE-2015-8001

The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mediawiki — versions 1.24.0, 1.24.1, 1.24.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)