CVE-2020-35480

mediawiki: divergent behavior for contributions and user pages of hidden users and missing users

Published Dec 18, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2504-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4816-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD 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.
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

  • CWE-203

    Observable Discrepancy

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 5:02 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 18, 2020, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:13 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 18, 2020, 12:00 AM