cve/2015/CVE-2015-2936.md

### [CVE-2015-2936](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2936)
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### Description

MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.