CVE-2015-8008 (GCVE-0-2015-8008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-29 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170961.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77379 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170961.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77379 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103022 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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