miraheze CreateWiki on MediaWiki Setting information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in miraheze CreateWiki on MediaWiki. This affects an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-29883. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in miraheze CreateWiki on MediaWiki (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. Suppression of wiki requests does not work as intended, and always restricts visibility to those with the `(createwiki)` user right regardless of the settings one sets on a given wiki request. This may expose information to users who are not supposed to be able to access it.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-29883 since 03/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Applying the patch 0c7c4f93834349be8f5c2a678e9a85b4b1aa7bab is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: 0c7c4f93834349be8f5c2a678e9a85b4b1aa7bab

Timelineinfo

03/21/2024 🔍
03/26/2024 +5 days 🔍
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01/02/2026 +647 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-8wjf-mxjg-j8p9
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-29883 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-29883
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257980

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2024 14:57
Updated: 01/02/2026 15:47
Changes: 03/26/2024 14:57 (64), 05/04/2024 23:12 (1), 05/04/2024 23:21 (1), 01/02/2026 15:47 (2)
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