CVE-2014-2243
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which
02 Description
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-03-02 02:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-02-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 484ca26af12cf4a6917463a60fae37603ae3c434ccdbcabdd1508e2da1edaaad
05 Affected products
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140228 CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 releasehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61346
- lists.wikimedia.org[mediawiki-announce] 20140228 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071136
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140301 Re: CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 releasehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
- gerrit.wikimedia.orghttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/I2a9e89120f7092015495e638c6fa9f67adc9b84f%2Cn%2Cz
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.12+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.12+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.12+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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