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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-01T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.824Z

Reserved: 2015-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6728

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-01T14:59:06.197

Modified: 2016-12-07T18:21:13.750

Link: CVE-2015-6728

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