Description
The OAuth extension for MediaWiki improperly negotiates a new client token only over Special:OAuth/initiate, which allows attackers to bypass intended IP address access restrictions by making an API request with an existing token.
Published: 2017-12-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7904 The OAuth extension for MediaWiki improperly negotiates a new client token only over Special:OAuth/initiate, which allows attackers to bypass intended IP address access restrictions by making an API request with an existing token.
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00577}

epss

{'score': 0.00548}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.575Z

Reserved: 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8008

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-29T22:29:00.630

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-8008

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Weaknesses