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CVE-2014-2243
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user…
Medium5.8EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
Description
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect token guesses.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- [oss-security] 20140228 CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61346 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [mediawiki-announce] 20140228 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140301 Re: CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/I2a9e89120f7092015495e638c6fa9f67adc9b84f%2Cn%2Cz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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