CVE-2014-2243 — Vulnetix

CVE-2014-2243 REJECTED

includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect token guesses.

EPSS 0.38% · 60.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.38%

60.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	mediawiki	0, 1:1.19.8+dfsg-1, 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

Mar 2, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2243 third-party-advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html third-party-advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/I2a9e89120f7092015495e638c6fa9f67adc9b84f,n,z third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61346 third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071136 third-party-advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2 third-party-advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2243 third-party-advisory

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