CVE-2015-8625 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can read arbitrary files by injecting an at sign into POST parameters due to improper cURL parameter sanitization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8625?
CVE-2015-8625 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 23 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 do not properly sanitize parameters when calling the cURL library, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an @ (at sign) character in unspecified POST array parameters.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8625?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8625?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2015-8625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55w7-r459-9wqm.