Vulnerability · Published Jan 29, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-29004
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 did not require an edit token in ApiPushBase.php and therefore facilitated a CSRF attack.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262724 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Push/+/625988 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Push/+/625988/10/src/api/ApiPushBase.php x_refsource_CONFIRM