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CVE-2015-2936
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU…
High7.1EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- GLSA-201510-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:200 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 73477 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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