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CVE-2015-2940

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hija

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00295
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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Affected Products & Versions

1
mediawiki checkuserall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD13 Apr 2015 · 02:59 PM
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858
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