CVE-2020-35477
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MediaWiki before 1.35.1 blocks legitimate attempts to hide log entries in some situations. If one sets MediaWiki:Mainpage to Special:MyLanguage/Main Page, visits a log entry on Special:Log, and toggles the "Change visibility of selected log entries" checkbox (or a tags checkbox) next to it, there is a redirection to the main page's action=historysubmit (instead of the desired behavior in which a revision-deletion form appears).
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affected products (12)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-mediawiki-2020-354772024-03-06vendor · osvUS
MediaWiki before 1.35.1 blocks legitimate attempts to hide log entries in some situations. If one sets MediaWiki:Mainpage to Special:MyLanguage/Main Page, visits a log entry on Special:Log, and toggles the "Change visibility of selected log entries" checkbox (or a tags checkbox) next to it, there is a redirection to the main page's action=historysubmit (instead of the desired behavior in which a revision-deletion form appears).
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-35477cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00034.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/cnnvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35477cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205908cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MediaWiki-multiple-vulnerabilities-34171cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4509/cnnvd
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