PT-2017-7456 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Frankrfarmer · Published 2015-12-24 · Updated 2017-08-22 · CVE-2015-8626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.12 MediaWiki versions 1.24.x prior to 1.24.5 MediaWiki versions 1.25.x prior to 1.25.4 MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack due to the generation of passwords smaller than the minimal required length. This is caused by the User::randomPassword function.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.12, update to version 1.23.12 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.24.x prior to 1.24.5, update to version 1.24.5 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.25.x prior to 1.25.4, update to version 1.25.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.1, update to version 1.26.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2095

CVE-2015-8626

MGASA-2015-0486

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 53

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6335 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8624 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0361 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8626 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0369 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6334 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0368 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0365 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6333 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02564 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12474 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6336 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6331 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0370 · Security Note