CVE-2015-8008

HIGH

MediaWiki < 1.25.3 - OAuth IP Address Access Restriction Bypass via API Request

Title source: llm

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.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77379

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170961.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103022

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html

Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0055

EPSS Percentile 68.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Products (4)

fedoraproject/fedora 21

fedoraproject/fedora 22

fedoraproject/fedora 23

mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.25.3

Published Dec 29, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026