CVE-2015-2940
N/A
Published: April 13, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCheckUser
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
CheckUser· Mediawikimediawiki
95%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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