The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-01T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.824Z

Reserved: 2015-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6728

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-09-01T14:59:06.197

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-6728

cve-icon Redhat

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