MEDIUM
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression
Published Sep 1, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.66% 0.02660
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02660
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02660) | 85.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02660) | 83.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.44% (0.01444) | 79.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 84.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 83.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 81.57th | 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 (6)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| 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 Sep 1, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2015
Link CVE-2015-6736
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a