CVE-2020-35480 - log back

CVE-2020-35480 edited at 18 Dec 2020 13:53:43
Severity
- Unknown
+ Low
Remote
- Unknown
+ Remote
Type
- Unknown
+ Information disclosure
Description
+ 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.
References
+ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120883
+ https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/15bed1201ea21ce477a16e9d02170244b0086fb4
+ https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/aca0e52f5ce9312a4af4f411c756497902483a48
Notes
CVE-2020-35480 created at 18 Dec 2020 13:31:11