CVE-2015-8001

medium

Description

The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91203

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000181.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-11-09

Updated: 2015-11-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium