CVE-2020-35625

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb	Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718	Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb	Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-12-21 23:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-35625

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35625

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-35625

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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