Resource management error in MediaWiki - CVE-2015-8003

 

Resource management error in MediaWiki - CVE-2015-8003

Published: November 9, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40601
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8003
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not throttle file uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to have unspecified impact via multiple file uploads.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-8003

Install update from vendor's website.

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