5.8

CVE-2014-2243: mediawiki Race Condition

CVSS: 5.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-2243DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2243
Published 02-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2243 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Race Condition vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2014-0124

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect token guesses.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.55% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.12+dfsg-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≤ 1.19.11 | 1.1.0 | 1.10.0 | 1.10.0:rc1 | 1.10.0:rc2 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 | 1.10.4 | 1.11 | 1.11.0 | 1.11.0:rc1 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.12.0 | 1.12.0:rc1 | 1.12.1 | 1.12.2 | 1.12.3 | 1.12.4 | 1.13.0 | 1.13.0:rc1 | 1.13.0:rc2 | 1.13.1 | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 | 1.13.4 | 1.14.0 | 1.14.0:rc1 | 1.14.1 | 1.15.0 | 1.15.0:rc1 | 1.15.1 | 1.15.2 | 1.15.3 | 1.15.4 | 1.15.5 | 1.16.0 | 1.16.0:beta1 | 1.16.0:beta2 | 1.16.0:beta3 | 1.16.1 | 1.16.2 | 1.17 | 1.17:beta_1 | 1.17.0 | 1.17.0:rc1 | 1.17.1 | 1.17.2 | 1.17.3 | 1.17.4 | 1.18 | 1.18:beta_1 | 1.18.0 | 1.18.0:rc1 | 1.18.1 | 1.18.2 | 1.18.3 | 1.19 | 1.19:beta_1 | 1.19:beta_2 | 1.19.0 | 1.19.1 | 1.19.2 | 1.19.3 | 1.19.4 | 1.19.5 | 1.19.6 | 1.19.7 | 1.19.8 | 1.19.9 | 1.19.10 | 1.20 | 1.20.1 | 1.20.2 | 1.20.3 | 1.20.4 | 1.20.5 | 1.20.6 | 1.20.7 | 1.20.8 | 1.21 | 1.21.1 | 1.21.2 | 1.21.3 | 1.21.4 | 1.21.5 | 1.22.0 | 1.22.1 | 1.22.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.14+dfsg-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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