Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-30153 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Mediawiki
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453