CVE-2020-35480
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/12/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.1. Missing users (accounts that don't exist) and hidden users (accounts that have been explicitly hidden due to being abusive, or similar) that the viewer cannot see are handled differently, exposing sensitive information about the hidden status to unprivileged viewers. This exists on various code paths.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.35.1 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120883
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4816



