PageTriage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki Username information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in PageTriage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Username Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-45369. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in PageTriage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Username Handler. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the PageTriage extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. Usernames of hidden users are exposed.

The weakness was released 10/09/2023. The advisory is shared for download at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-45369 since 10/09/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 1.35.12, 1.39.5 or 1.40.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-49661). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• PageTriage 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
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.35.5
• 1.35.6
• 1.35.7
• 1.35.8
• 1.35.9
• 1.35.10
• 1.35.11
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.40.0

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