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
2015-09-01T14:59:06Z
Modified
2026-09-09T06:47:24Z
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:12 / mediawiki

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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"