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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2021-31549)

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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2021-31549)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/22/2021
Created
04/27/2021
Added
04/26/2021
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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