CVE-2015-6728 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6666	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

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

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-6728

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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