6.8

CVE-2015-8002: mediawiki Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8002DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8002
Published 09-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8002 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 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-2015-0421

Timeline

  1. 09-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a file upload using one byte chunks.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.53% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

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< 1:1.25.5-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≤ 1.23.10 | 1.24.0 | 1.24.1 | 1.24.2 | 1.24.3 | 1.25.0 | 1.25.1 | 1.25.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.27.4-3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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