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Debian: CVE-2023-45362: mediawiki -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-45362: mediawiki -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/12/2023
Created
10/12/2023
Added
10/12/2023
Modified
11/15/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in DifferenceEngine.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. diff-multi-sameuser (aka "X intermediate revisions by the same user not shown") ignores username suppression. This is an information leak.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mediawiki

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