CVE-2015-8624
The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in 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 does not perform token comparison in constant
02 Description
The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in 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 does not perform token comparison in constant
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
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2017-03-23 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Compound
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f26d7566f4dfe7b05927f4ac7a232777b7c13ab63748b07bfcc31074bed1d175
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20151221 [MediaWiki-announce] Security Release: 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151223 Re: CVE requests for MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7
- phabricator.wikimedia.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119309
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151221 CVE requests for MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.25.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.25.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.25.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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