CVE-2015-2940

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that retrieve sensitive user information via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 13, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-2940: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix