CVE-2015-8626

CRITICAL

MediaWiki Weak Password Generation in User::randomPassword

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115522

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 70.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-255
Status published
Products (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
... and 1 more
Published Mar 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026