CVE-2021-36127

An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalUserRights page provided search results which, for a suppressed MediaWiki user, were different than for any other user, thus easily disclosing suppressed accounts (which are supposed to be completely hidden).

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4e4dbcad61e1d4f6fd8b038bf63d19c69081a8ec	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285190	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-07-02 13:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-36127

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36127

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36127

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-922

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

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