vulnerability
MediaWiki: CVE-2023-45362: Vulnerability in MediaWiki
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 3, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 | May 6, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 3, 2023
Added
Nov 15, 2023
Modified
May 6, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in DifferenceEngine.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. diff-multi-sameuser (aka "X intermediate revisions by the same user not shown") ignores username suppression. This is an information leak.
Solution
mediawiki-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2023-45362
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-45362
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00027.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341529
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-49655
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-49655
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