CVE-2015-8002
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · CWE-399
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a file upload using one byte chunks.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000181.html ↗