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High severity · published Mar 23, 2017
CVE-2015-8625
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.23.11; 1.24.0; 1.24.1; 1.24.2; 1.24.3; 1.24.4; +5 more · source: NVD
Affected product
ME
Mediawiki
Mediawiki
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8625
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8625
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html
Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118032
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