CVE-2015-2936

HIGH 7.1CVE-2015-2936 · Published 13/04/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-2936 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability affecting mediawiki (mediawiki).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 85.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mediawiki mediawiki	`= 1.24.0= 1.24.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

mandriva.com/security/advisories
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
securityfocus.com/bid/73477
lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html · Patch
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

mediawiki

= 1.24.0= 1.24.1

No fix yet

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