6.8

CVE-2015-8003: mediawiki Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8003DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8003
Published 09-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8003 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

MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not throttle file uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to have unspecified impact via multiple file uploads.

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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