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MediaWiki: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2023-29137)

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MediaWiki: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2023-29137)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/31/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/12/2023
Modified
04/12/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The UserImpactHandler for GrowthExperiments inadvertently returns the timezone preference for arbitrary users, which can be used to de-anonymize users.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

References

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