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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-2504-1 | mediawiki security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4816-1 | mediawiki security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-23151 | 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. |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:08.193Z
Reserved: 2020-12-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-35480
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-18T08:15:15.437
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:22.990
Link: CVE-2020-35480
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD