High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8624
CVE-2015-8624
Description
The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php 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 does not perform token comparison in constant time before determining if a debugging message should be logged, which allows remote attackers to guess the edit token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8623.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.23.11
- 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:1.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.23.12, <1.24.5, <1.25.4, <1.26.1
- Range: <1.23.12, <1.24.5, <1.25.4, <1.26.1
Patches
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.htmlnvdPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119309nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
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