Vulnerability CVE-2015-8007
Published: 2015-11-09

Description:
The Echo extension for MediWiki does not properly implement the hideuser functionality, which allows remote authenticated users to see hidden usernames in "non-revision based" notifications, as demonstrated by viewing a hidden username in a Thanks notification.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Echo project -> ECHO 

 References:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110553
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
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