CVE-2020-25827
Published: 27 September 2020
An issue was discovered in the OATHAuth extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. For Wikis using OATHAuth on a farm/cluster (such as via CentralAuth), rate limiting of OATH tokens is only done on a single site level. Thus, multiple requests can be made across many wikis/sites concurrently.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
mediawiki Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
impish |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(1:1.35.0-1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25827
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-September/093888.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251661
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian