CVE-2015-8001 - Improper Access Control

Severity

35%

Complexity

68%

Confidentiality

48%

The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-11-09 18:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2015-11-10 17:50:00

Affected Software

Mediawiki

MediaWiki 1.24.0

1.24.0

MediaWiki 1.24.1

1.24.1

MediaWiki 1.24.2

1.24.2

MediaWiki 1.24.3

1.24.3

MediaWiki 1.25.0

1.25.0

MediaWiki 1.25.1

1.25.1

MediaWiki 1.25.2

1.25.2

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