CVE-2014-2665

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

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.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: through 1.19.13; 1.19, 1.19-beta_1, 1.19-beta_2, 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2 (+32)

References

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/28/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121517/1/includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/28/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121517/1/includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php

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