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CVE-2015-8005: mediawiki

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8005DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8005
Published 09-11-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8005 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.43%
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 uses the thumbnail ImageMagick command line argument, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by reading the metadata of a PNG thumbnail file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.44% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.43%

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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