VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-2940
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that retrieve sensitive user information via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.09%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that retrieve sensitive user information via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- mediawiki/checkuser
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.