Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334