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Observable Discrepancy

CVE-2022-41765

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.35.7, 1.36.0-rc.0 through 1.37.4, 1.38.0-rc.0 through 1.38.2, and 1.39.0-rc.0. 'HTMLUserTextField' exposes the existence of hidden users.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published