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password reset token could be shorter than\nthe minimum required password length (CVE-2015-8626).\n\nIn MediaWiki before 1.23.12, blocking IP addresses with zero-padded octets\nresulted in a failure to block the IP address (CVE-2015-8627).\n\nIn MediaWiki before 1.23.12, a combination of Special:MyPage redirects and\npagecounts allows an external site to know the wikipedia login of an user\n(CVE-2015-8628).\n","status":"published","published":"2015-12-24T11:08:20Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:46.182772267Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.792687Z"}]}}