Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8008 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
mediawiki
fedoraproject
CWE-284
nessus

Summary

The OAuth extension for MediaWiki improperly negotiates a new client token only over Special:OAuth/initiate, which allows attackers to bypass intended IP address access restrictions by making an API request with an existing token.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mediawiki
301
OS
Fedoraproject
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_B973A763793611E5A2A1002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionMediaWiki reports : Wikipedia user RobinHood70 reported two issues in the chunked upload API. The API failed to correctly stop adding new chunks to the upload when the reported size was exceeded (T91203), allowing a malicious users to upload add an infinite number of chunks for a single file upload. Additionally, a malicious user could upload chunks of 1 byte for very large files, potentially creating a very large number of files on the server
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86554
    published2015-10-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86554
    titleFreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(86554);
      script_version("2.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/23 12:49:57");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8001", "CVE-2015-8002", "CVE-2015-8003", "CVE-2015-8004", "CVE-2015-8005", "CVE-2015-8006", "CVE-2015-8007", "CVE-2015-8008", "CVE-2015-8009");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "MediaWiki reports :
    
    Wikipedia user RobinHood70 reported two issues in the chunked upload
    API. The API failed to correctly stop adding new chunks to the upload
    when the reported size was exceeded (T91203), allowing a malicious
    users to upload add an infinite number of chunks for a single file
    upload. Additionally, a malicious user could upload chunks of 1 byte
    for very large files, potentially creating a very large number of
    files on the server's filesystem (T91205).
    
    Internal review discovered that it is not possible to throttle file
    uploads.
    
    Internal review discovered a missing authorization check when removing
    suppression from a revision. This allowed users with the
    'viewsuppressed' user right but not the appropriate 'suppressrevision'
    user right to unsuppress revisions.
    
    Richard Stanway from teamliquid.net reported that thumbnails of PNG
    files generated with ImageMagick contained the local file path in the
    image metadata."
      );
      # https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000181.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?da85c1ce"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91203"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91205"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91850"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T95589"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108616"
      );
      # http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/14"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a7ceb1cd"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki123");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki124");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki125");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/10/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/10/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/10/23");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mediawiki123<1.23.11")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mediawiki124<1.24.4")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mediawiki125<1.25.3")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-24FE8B66C9.NASL
    descriptionhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-03-04
    plugin id89179
    published2016-03-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89179
    titleFedora 22 : mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc22 (2015-24fe8b66c9)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-24fe8b66c9.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(89179);
      script_version("2.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8001", "CVE-2015-8002", "CVE-2015-8003", "CVE-2015-8004", "CVE-2015-8005", "CVE-2015-8006", "CVE-2015-8007", "CVE-2015-8008", "CVE-2015-8009");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-24fe8b66c9");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 22 : mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc22 (2015-24fe8b66c9)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171007.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4f1d95c4"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected mediawiki package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mediawiki");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^22([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 22.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC22", reference:"mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc22")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mediawiki");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-EC6D598D3D.NASL
    descriptionhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-03-04
    plugin id89450
    published2016-03-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89450
    titleFedora 23 : mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc23 (2015-ec6d598d3d)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-ec6d598d3d.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(89450);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8001", "CVE-2015-8002", "CVE-2015-8003", "CVE-2015-8004", "CVE-2015-8005", "CVE-2015-8006", "CVE-2015-8007", "CVE-2015-8008", "CVE-2015-8009");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-ec6d598d3d");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 23 : mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc23 (2015-ec6d598d3d)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273353"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170979.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ce96bd41"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.25#MediaWiki_1.25.3"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected mediawiki package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mediawiki");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^23([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 23.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC23", reference:"mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc23")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mediawiki");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-97FE05F788.NASL
    descriptionhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.24#MediaWiki_1.24.4 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-03-04
    plugin id89332
    published2016-03-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89332
    titleFedora 21 : mediawiki-1.24.4-1.fc21 (2015-97fe05f788)