CVE - CVE-2015-6728

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-6728	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:76334 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-13920 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html GENTOO:GLSA-201510-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 MLIST:[MediaWiki-announce] 20150810 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.25.2, 1.24.3, 1.23.10 URL:https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20150812 CVE Request: MediaWiki 1.25.2, 1.24.3, 1.23.10 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150827 Re: CVE Request: MediaWiki 1.25.2, 1.24.3, 1.23.10 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150827	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150827)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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