CVE-2015-8001

low
Published 2015-11-09 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.5

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 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1:1.25.5-1
sid Fixed 1:1.25.5-1
forky Fixed 1:1.25.5-1
bullseye Fixed 1:1.25.5-1
bookworm Fixed 1:1.25.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mediawikimediawiki{"endIncluding":"1.23.10"}
mediawikimediawiki1.24.0
mediawikimediawiki1.24.1
mediawikimediawiki1.24.2
mediawikimediawiki1.24.3
mediawikimediawiki1.25.0
mediawikimediawiki1.25.1
mediawikimediawiki1.25.2

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.