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CVE-2020-15164

CRITICAL

10.0

Description

in Scratch Login (MediaWiki extension) before version 1.1, any account can be logged into by using the same username with leading, trailing, or repeated underscore(s), since those are treated as whitespace and trimmed by MediaWiki. This affects all users on any wiki using this extension. Since version 1.1, comments by users whose usernames would be trimmed on MediaWiki are ignored when searching for the verification code.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score10.0

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/28/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

scratch-wiki:scratch_login

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287CWE-74

References

https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/commit/70849ef375016a1061490c8c4744046dbfc3e679(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/security/advisories/GHSA-8fq5-g4m5-6j43(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/commit/70849ef375016a1061490c8c4744046dbfc3e679(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/security/advisories/GHSA-8fq5-g4m5-6j43(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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