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CVE-2015-8625

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8625 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions before 1.23.12, 1.24.5, 1.25.4, and 1.26.1. It allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting an '@' character into unspecified POST array parameters, exploiting improper sanitization when calling the cURL library. The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.23.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.24.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.24.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.24.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T118032
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory