CVE-2020-35480 (GCVE-0-2020-35480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-18 07:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:02
VLAI?
Summary
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.1. Missing users (accounts that don't exist) and hidden users (accounts that have been explicitly hidden due to being abusive, or similar) that the viewer cannot see are handled differently, exposing sensitive information about the hidden status to unprivileged viewers. This exists on various code paths.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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