Information Exposure Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.25.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.41% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-MEDIAWIKI-20414237
  • published3 Oct 2026
  • disclosed23 Mar 2017

Introduced: 23 Mar 2017

CVE-2015-8628  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest mediawiki to version 1:1.25.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) Special:MyPage, (2) Special:MyTalk, (3) Special:MyContributions, (4) Special:MyUploads, and (5) Special:AllMyUploads pages in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive user login information via crafted links combined with page view statistics.