CVE-2015-2940

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    CVE-2015-2940

    Published: 13 Apr 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html, 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://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High