{"cve":"CVE-2014-2243","nvd":{"published":"2014-03-02T04:57:25.917","modified":"2026-06-17T00:06:16.900","status":"Modified","description":"includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 terminates validation of a user token upon encountering the first incorrect character, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to incorrect token guesses.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071136","https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61346"],"products":["mediawiki:mediawiki"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-2243","score":0.01548,"percentile":0.75023,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}