CVE-2015-8009

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8009
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-25 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe MWOAuthDataStore::lookup_token function in Extension:OAuth for MediaWiki 1.25.x before 1.25.3, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and before 1.23.11 does not properly validate the signature when checking the authorization signature, which allows remote registered Consumers to use another Consumer's credentials by leveraging knowledge of the credentials.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MediaWiki Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Security and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
⚓ T103023 API requests don't get validated if signed by the correct OAuth consumer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 phabricator.wikimedia.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: MediaWiki 1.25.3, 1.24.4 and 1.23.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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