CVE-2015-8627 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8627?

CVE-2015-8627 is a medium-severity 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 normalize IP addresses containing zero-padded octets, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using an IP address that was not supposed to have been allowed.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8627?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8627?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8627 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-29904 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-29906 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-28205 Business logic in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-28206 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8

All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8627, GHSA-325x-4hm2-p3wf.