CVE-2015-8625

high
Published 2017-03-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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 do not properly sanitize parameters when calling the cURL library, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an @ (at sign) character in unspecified POST array parameters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mediawikimediawiki{"endIncluding":"1.23.11"}
mediawikimediawiki1.24.0
mediawikimediawiki1.24.1
mediawikimediawiki1.24.2
mediawikimediawiki1.24.3
mediawikimediawiki1.24.4
mediawikimediawiki1.25.0
mediawikimediawiki1.25.1
mediawikimediawiki1.25.2
mediawikimediawiki1.25.3
mediawikimediawiki1.26.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.