CVE-2021-30153 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-17089	An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T16:16:20.804Z

Reserved: 2021-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-30153

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:24:59.673Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-15T20:16:00.570

Modified: 2025-02-06T17:15:12.217

Link: CVE-2021-30153

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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