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CVE-2020-35625

HIGH

8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Any user with the ability to edit pages within the Widgets namespace could call any static function within any class (defined within PHP or MediaWiki) via a crafted HTML comment, related to a Smarty template. For example, a person in the Widget Editors group could use \MediaWiki\Shell\Shell::command within a comment.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published12/21/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mediawiki:mediawiki

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

References

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb(cve@mitre.org)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718(cve@mitre.org)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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