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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

MediaWiki Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Vulnerability (CVE-2021-31547)

Description

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. Its AbuseFilterCheckMatch API reveals suppressed edits and usernames to unprivileged users through the iteration of crafted AbuseFilter rules.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-31547

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-668 CVE-2021-31547

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