github - ghsa-2vh8-pg5g-9p42

ghsa-2vh8-pg5g-9p42

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 02:53

Modified

2022-05-17 02:53

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The User::randomPassword function in 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 generates passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

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  "aliases": [
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  "id": "GHSA-2vh8-pg5g-9p42",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:53:36Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:53:36Z",
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CVE-2015-8626 (GCVE-0-2015-8626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-03-23 20:00

Modified

2024-08-06 08:20

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

The User::randomPassword function in 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 generates passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

References

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URL

Tags

	https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115522	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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