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An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 2, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.058%
(26th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-36127

GHSA ID

GHSA-w282-r3c9-792f

Source code

No known source code

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