Vulnerability CVE-2021-30153


Published: 2023-04-15

Description:
An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.

 References:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453

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