CVE-2015-2940

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2940
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-13 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-07 18:11:00 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-352

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Checkuser - All All All
Application Mediawiki Checkuser - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
⚓ T85858 Check User page lacks CSRF protection CONFIRM phabricator.wikimedia.org
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 MLIST lists.wikimedia.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-05) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 MLIST www.openwall.com
MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:200 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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