HIGH
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password
Published Apr 13, 2015
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.69%
Description
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.1 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.69% 0.02690
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02690
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02690) | 85.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02710) | 84.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 4, 2025 | 2.54% (0.02545) | 84.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.45% (0.01447) | 79.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.41% (0.04407) | 92.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.26% (0.03257) | 91.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.65% (0.03649) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 13, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 7, 2015
Link CVE-2015-2936
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a