DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6728
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728
Upstream
Published
2015-09-01T14:59:06.197Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:39.343092Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.25.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728.json"

Debian:12 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.25.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728.json"

Debian:13 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.25.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728.json"

Debian:14 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.25.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6728.json"