CVE-2015-8002

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Published Nov 9, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a file upload using one byte chunks.

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7898	The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a file upload using one byte chunks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.515% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000181.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91205

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 9, 2015, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:06 AM
Reserved: Oct 28, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 9, 2015, 6:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

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