CVE-2015-8627 (GCVE-0-2015-8627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20
VLAI
Summary
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 do not properly normalize IP addresses containing zero-padded octets, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using an IP address that was not supposed to have been allowed.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-12-21 00:00
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