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CVE-2015-8008

The OAuth extension for MediaWiki improperly negotiates a new client token only over Special:OAuth/initiate, which allows attackers to bypass intended IP address access restrictions by making an API request with an existing token.

Published

2017-12-29T22:29:00.630

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	< 1.25.3	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	22	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170961.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77379 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170961.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77379 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)