CVE-2020-35480

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-35480
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-18 08:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4816-1 mediawiki DEBIAN www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[MediaWiki-announce] Security and maintenance release: 1.31.11 / 1.35.1 MISC lists.wikimedia.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Login MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2504-1] mediawiki security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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