Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mediawiki | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | — |
References
- GLSA-201510-05 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:200 vendor-advisory
- 73477 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 mailing-list
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 mailing-list
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85858