CVE-2020-25813 json
MediaWiki Special:UserRights exposes the existence of hidden users
published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2020-25813 , EUVD-2022-3508 , GHSA-c4rj-wrmq-52rj
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4, Special:UserRights exposes the existence of hidden users.
Patch / fix
- packagist mediawiki/core 1.31.9, 1.34.3
- bitnami mediawiki 1.31.10, 1.34.4
- mediawiki mediawiki 1.31.10, 1.34.4
- mediawiki Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.35.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25813
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What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25813 updated cvss 5.3
mediawiki: Special: UserRights exposes the existence of hidden users
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 mediawikiaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 mediawikiaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| packagist | mediawiki/core | >=1.31.0, <1.31.9 >=1.32.0, <1.34.3 |
1.31.9 1.34.3 |
| bitnami | mediawiki | <1.31.10 >=1.32.0, <1.34.4 |
1.31.10 1.34.4 |
References
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/
vendor-advisory, web
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meta.wikimedia.org
/wiki/Special:UserRights
web, vendor-advisory
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lists.wikimedia.org
/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html
web, mailing-list, vendor-advisory
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lists.wikimedia.org
/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html
web, mailing-list, vendor-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25813
advisory, web
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github.com
/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2020-25813.yaml
web
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github.com
/wikimedia/mediawiki
package
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6
web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6
web
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phabricator.wikimedia.org
/T232568
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-25813
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c4rj-wrmq-52rj
- NVD CVE-2020-25813
- OSV BIT-mediawiki-2020-25813
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