MediaWiki up to 1.23.11/1.24.4/1.25.3/1.26.0 cURL hash_compare wgArticlePath File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MediaWiki up to 1.23.11/1.24.4/1.25.3/1.26.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function hash_compare of the component cURL. The manipulation of the argument wgArticlePath leads to information disclosure (File). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8625. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.11/1.24.4/1.25.3/1.26.0 (Content Management System). This issue affects the function hash_compare of the component cURL. The manipulation of the argument wgArticlePath with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 do not properly sanitize parameters when calling the cURL library, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an @ (at sign) character in unspecified POST array parameters.

The weakness was disclosed 03/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8625 since 12/23/2015. 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. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87616 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (f36bbd66-aa44-11e5-8f5c-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.

Upgrading to version 1.23.12, 1.24.5, 1.25.4 or 1.26.1 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (87616). The entries VDB-98414, VDB-98415, VDB-98416 and VDB-98418 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 87616
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (f36bbd66-aa44-11e5-8f5c-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 801900
OpenVAS Name: MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities - Dec15 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.12/1.24.5/1.25.4/1.26.1

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12/23/2015 🔍
12/24/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/29/2015 +5 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +450 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2020 +1268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8625 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8625
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98417
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-8625 - MediaWiki - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2017 07:19
Updated: 09/12/2020 08:02
Changes: 03/24/2017 07:19 (74), 09/12/2020 08:02 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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