CVE-2015-2940
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that retrieve sensitive user information via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2940
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki | checkuser | - | |
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2940
CWEs
CWE-352
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.