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MediaWiki: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CVE-2020-29005)

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MediaWiki: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CVE-2020-29005)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/29/2021
Created
02/06/2021
Added
02/05/2021
Modified
08/05/2021

Description

The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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