CVE-2023-36674

Summary

CVECVE-2023-36674
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-20 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:16:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.11, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.7, 1.39.x before 1.39.4, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. It is possible to bypass the Bad image list (aka badFile) by using the thumb parameter (aka Manualthumb) of the File syntax.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.40.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: mediawiki-1.39.4-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: mediawiki-1.38.7-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: mediawiki-1.39.4-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
⚓ T335612 CVE-2023-36674: Manualthumb bypasses badFile lookup MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: mediawiki-1.39.4-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: mediawiki-1.39.4-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: mediawiki-1.38.7-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 285294 Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2023-7e9d6015f6)
  • 6000022 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 5447-1)
  • 691202 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mediawiki (95dad123-180e-11ee-86ba-080027eda32c)
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