MediaWiki up to 1.23.10/1.24.3/1.25.2 Revision access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.10/1.24.3/1.25.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Revision Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-8004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.10/1.24.3/1.25.2 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Revision Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/29/2015 by Richard Stanway, RobinHood70, Sitic and Grunny (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8004 since 10/28/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86554 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124333 (Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2015-97)).

Upgrading to version 1.23.11, 1.24.4 or 1.25.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86554), SecurityTracker (ID 1034028†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54605†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78977, VDB-78978, VDB-78979 and VDB-78981. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 86554
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 801900
OpenVAS Name: MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.11/1.24.4/1.25.3

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11/09/2015 +7 days 🔍
11/25/2015 +16 days 🔍
06/25/2022 +2404 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Researcher: Richard Stanway, RobinHood70, Sitic, Grunny
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8004 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78980
SecurityTracker: 1034028
Vulnerability Center: 54605 - MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24 - 1.24.3 and 1.25 - 1.25.2 Remote Unspecified Impact via a Crafted Revisiondelete Action, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2015 10:45
Updated: 06/25/2022 15:17
Changes: 11/02/2015 10:45 (53), 04/20/2018 09:20 (21), 06/25/2022 15:17 (2)
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