Medium severity · published Mar 23, 2017
CVE-2015-8628
The (1) Special:MyPage, (2) Special:MyTalk, (3) Special:MyContributions, (4) Special:MyUploads, and (5) Special:AllMyUploads pages in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before…
5.3
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The (1) Special:MyPage, (2) Special:MyTalk, (3) Special:MyContributions, (4) Special:MyUploads, and (5) Special:AllMyUploads pages in 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 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive user login information via crafted links combined with page view statistics.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% 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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8628
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8628
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/T109724
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