CVE-2015-6728
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.25.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.25.5-1 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6728
CWEs
CWE-352
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.