CVE-2015-8623

NameCVE-2015-8623
DescriptionThe User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.23.12 and 1.24.x before 1.24.5 does not perform token comparison in constant time before returning, which allows remote attackers to guess the edit token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8624.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)buster1:1.31.16-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1:1.31.16-1+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:1.35.13-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.25.5-1low

Notes

[wheezy] - mediawiki <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/156336/5/includes/User.php

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