MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 Private Wiki information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Private Wiki Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-45038. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Private Wiki Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was released 12/17/2021. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-45038 since 12/13/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.35.5, 1.36.3 or 1.37.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mediawiki.org.

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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
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.36
• 1.36.0
• 1.36.1
• 1.36.2
• 1.37.0

License

• open-source

Website

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

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