MediaWiki up to 1.35 RandomGameUnit Extension hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.35. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component RandomGameUnit Extension. The manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-27957. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown part of the component RandomGameUnit Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2020. The advisory is shared for download at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-27957. The exploitability is told to be easy. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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