CVE-2014-2665 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Authenticated attackers can trick victims into logging into attacker accounts, enabling activity tracking and sensitive information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-2665?
CVE-2014-2665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 20 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.14, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.8, and 1.22.x before 1.22.5 does not properly handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account, as demonstrated by tracking the victim's activity, related to a "login CSRF" issue.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2665?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2665?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-2665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2665, GHSA-h9j9-33h5-rrmw, MGASA-2014-0157.