CVE-2015-2940

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Published Apr 13, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:checkuser:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-3025	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.095% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Checkuser

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 5:32 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 13, 2015, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 5:32 AM
Reserved: Apr 7, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 13, 2015, 2:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:25 AM

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