CVE-2015-8008 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8008?

CVE-2015-8008 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8008?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2015-8008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vmcg-c76h-4grp.