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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CheckUser Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2015 by Bawolff with iSEC Partners (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2940 since 04/07/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82686 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2015:200)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13127 (Mediawiki Multiple Vulnerabilities (MediaWiki Security Release: 1.19.24, 1.23.9 and 1.24.2)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (82686). The entries 74798, 74799, 74800 and 74801 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 82686
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2015:200)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

03/31/2015 🔍
03/31/2015 +0 days 🔍
04/07/2015 +7 days 🔍
04/13/2015 +6 days 🔍
04/13/2015 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2015 +13 days 🔍
05/03/2022 +2563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Bawolff
Organization: iSEC Partners
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-2940 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 49895 - MediaWiki <1.24.2 Remote CSRF Vulnerability in Check User Page, Medium
SecurityFocus: 73477 - MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 09:53
Updated: 05/03/2022 22:28
Changes: 04/14/2015 09:53 (60), 06/27/2017 03:55 (10), 05/03/2022 22:28 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:940:103

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