MediaWiki up to 1.35.7/1.37.4/1.38.2 HTMLUserTextField information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.7/1.37.4/1.38.2. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument HTMLUserTextField leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-41765. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.7/1.37.4/1.38.2 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument HTMLUserTextField with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.

The weakness was shared 12/26/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-41765 since 09/29/2022. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245189 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-41765), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.35.8, 1.37.5 or 1.38.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (245189). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.35.5
• 1.35.6
• 1.35.7
• 1.37.0
• 1.37.1
• 1.37.2
• 1.37.3
• 1.37.4
• 1.38.0
• 1.38.1
• 1.38.2

License

• open-source

Website

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

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