CVE-2020-35480

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2020-0be2d40e13', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/ -

08 Apr 2022, 14:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Fedoraproject fedora
Fedoraproject
CWE CWE-200 CWE-203
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-12-18 08:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2020-35480

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35480

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-35480


JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

mediawiki

  • mediawiki

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy