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Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2023-22945

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

In the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39, the growthmanagementorlist API allows blocked users (blocked in ApiManageMentorList) to enroll as mentors or edit any of their mentorship-related properties.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Authorization is a security mechanism performed by an application to grant or deny access to the requested resources by verifying the privileges of the user. When an application lacks effective authorization mechanisms, it enables unauthorized users to gain unintended privileges and illegitimate access to resources. Such a vulnerability may result in exposure of sensitive information, denial of service, arbitrary code execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published