CVE-2020-15164 | in Scratch Login (MediaWiki extension) before version 1.1, a… | CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL

Description

in Scratch Login (MediaWiki extension) before version 1.1, any account can be logged into by using the same username with leading, trailing, or repeated underscore(s), since those are treated as whitespace and trimmed by MediaWiki. This affects all users on any wiki using this extension. Since version 1.1, comments by users whose usernames would be trimmed on MediaWiki are ignored when searching for the verification code.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-15164
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2020-06-25 00:00 UTC
Published: 2020-08-28 17:05 UTC
Last updated: 2024-08-04 13:08 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-287
CWE-287: Improper Authentication
Vendor / Product: InternationalScratchWiki / mediawiki-scratch-login
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
InternationalScratchWiki	mediawiki-scratch-login	—	< 1.1

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-287	cna	CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
10.0	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References (2)