CVE-2020-35480

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMediawiki
PublishedDec 18, 2020
First seenDec 18, 2020

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mediawiki mediawikiv < 1.35.11.35.1
debian debian_linux9.0, 10.0—
fedoraproject fedora33—

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