Cross-site request forgery in MediaWiki - CVE-2014-2665
Published: April 20, 2014 / Updated: December 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41782
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2665
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki
MediaWiki
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2665
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/28/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121517/1/includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php