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CVE-2015-8624 Details

Description

The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php 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 does not perform token comparison in constant time before determining if a debugging message should be logged, which allows remote attackers to guess the edit token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8623.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html CVEPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119309 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html [email protected]PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mediawiki mediawiki
<= 1.23.11
1.24.0
1.24.1
1.24.2
1.24.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8624
NVD Published Date:
Mar 23, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8624 Details - Not Deferred