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CVE-2015-6728

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Published: Sep 1, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.5
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Mediawiki: Mediawiki
Mediawiki
1 product
Mediawiki
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mediawiki
Mediawiki
Up to 1.23.9
Mediawiki
Version 1.24.0
Mediawiki
Version 1.24.1
Mediawiki
Version 1.24.2
Mediawiki
Version 1.25.0
Mediawiki
Version 1.25.1

Related CWEs

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (12)

Source: cve@mitre.org
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Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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