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CVE-2014-2665: mediawiki Improper Authentication

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0157UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2665DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2665
Published 20-04-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2665 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.06%
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
DSA-2891-1

Timeline

  1. 20-04-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

includes/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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

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

Mageia2 products
  • mediawiki< 1.22.5-1.mga3
  • mediawiki< 1.22.5-1.mga4
Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.14+dfsg-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≤ 1.19.13 | 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 | 1.19.11 | 1.19.12 | 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 | 1.21.6 | 1.21.7 | 1.22.0 | 1.22.1 | 1.22.2 | 1.22.3 | 1.22.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.14+dfsg-1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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