CVE-2021-36127

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-36127
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-02 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-07 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalUserRights page provided search results which, for a suppressed MediaWiki user, were different than for any other user, thus easily disclosing suppressed accounts (which are supposed to be completely hidden).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-922

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

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gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4e4dbcad61e1d4f6fd8b038bf63d19c69081a8ec MISC gerrit.wikimedia.org
⚓ T285190 Special:GlobalUserRights reveals existence of globally suppressed users MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
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