CVE-2015-6728
N/A
Published: September 1, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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