UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2940

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2940
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2940.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2940
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:11Z
Published
2015-04-13T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:49.286661Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that retrieve sensitive user information via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.27.4-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.27.4-3

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.27.3-1
1:1.27.4-1
1:1.27.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes",
            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
        }
    ]
}