CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8008

7.5 HIGH Published 2017-12-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-12-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mediawiki mediawiki (< 1.25.3) • fedoraproject fedora 21 • fedoraproject fedora 22 • fedoraproject fedora 23

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References