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MediaWiki: Information Exposure Through Discrepancy (CVE-2022-41765)

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MediaWiki: Information Exposure Through Discrepancy (CVE-2022-41765)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/26/2022
Created
01/06/2023
Added
01/06/2023
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_8
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_37_5
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_38_3

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