CVE-2015-6728
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.0%
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.
Affected configurations
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334
lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.0%