CVE-2014-2665

NameCVE-2014-2665
Descriptionincludes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.14, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.8, and 1.22.x before 1.22.5 does not properly handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account, as demonstrated by tracking the victim's activity, related to a "login CSRF" issue.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2891-1
Debian Bugs742857

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)stretch (security)1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:1.27.7-1+deb9u13fixed
buster1:1.31.16-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8fixed
bullseye1:1.35.13-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.7-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
mediawikisourcewheezy1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1DSA-2891-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.19.14+dfsg-1742857
mediawiki-extensionssourcewheezy3.5~deb7u1DSA-2891-1

Notes

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html

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