The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2015-09-01T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.824Z
Reserved: 2015-08-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-6728
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-09-01T14:59:06.197
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-6728
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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