CVE-2020-27621

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27621
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-22 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-02 13:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.35.0 was not properly attributing various user actions to a specific user's IP address. Instead, for various actions, it would report the IP address of an internal Wikimedia Foundation server by omitting X-Forwarded-For data. This resulted in an inability to properly audit and attribute various user actions performed via the FileImporter extension.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I24a240253c7a5c66dd493a68e8c23d95a17e1b21 MISC gerrit.wikimedia.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
⚓ T265810 mw-ext-FileImporter uses a WMF IP address, does not include XFF for users using this extension (CVE-2020-27621) MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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