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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2013-6455)

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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2013-6455)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/28/2020
Created
02/04/2020
Added
02/03/2020
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to obtain usernames via vectors related to writing the names to the DOM of a page.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_19_10
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_21_4
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_22_1

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