CVE-2015-6728

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    CVE-2015-6728

    Published: 1 Sept 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334

    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
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