CVE-2015-8626: Mediawiki

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The User::randomPassword function 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 generates passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

• Mediawiki Mediawiki: up to and including 1.23.11; version 1.24.0 only; version 1.24.1 only; version 1.24.2 only; version 1.24.3 only; version 1.24.4 only; …

Published 2017-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.