Push Extension up to 1.35 on MediaWiki API ApiPushBase.php cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in Push Extension up to 1.35 on MediaWiki. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file ApiPushBase.php of the component API. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-29004. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Push Extension up to 1.35 on MediaWiki. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file ApiPushBase.php of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The weakness was released 01/29/2021. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-29004. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gerrit.wikimedia.org.

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• Push Extension

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• 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

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