Description
An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Due to improper username validation, it allowed user impersonation with trivial manipulations of certain characters within a given username. An ordinary user may be able to login as a "bureaucrat user" who has a similar username, as demonstrated by usernames that differ only in (1) bidirectional override symbols or (2) blank space.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-23289 | An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Due to improper username validation, it allowed user impersonation with trivial manipulations of certain characters within a given username. An ordinary user may be able to login as a "bureaucrat user" who has a similar username, as demonstrated by usernames that differ only in (1) bidirectional override symbols or (2) blank space. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T17:09:14.084Z
Reserved: 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-35623
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-21T23:15:12.437
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:43.167
Link: CVE-2020-35623
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD