CVE-2020-35480
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (12)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-mediawiki-2020-354802024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (20)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-35480cnnvd
- 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-2020-35480cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120883cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MediaWiki-multiple-vulnerabilities-34171cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4509/cnnvd
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