CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8626
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 generates passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
Affected configurations
• mediawiki mediawiki (<= 1.23.11)
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.24.0
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.24.1
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.24.2
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.24.3
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.24.4
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.25.0
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.25.1
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.25.2
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.25.3
• mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115522 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115522 Patch, Third Party Advisory