ubuntu-cve-2020-35477
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-12-18 08:15
Modified
2026-05-27 10:01
Summary
Details

MediaWiki before 1.35.1 blocks legitimate attempts to hide log entries in some situations. If one sets MediaWiki:Mainpage to Special:MyLanguage/Main Page, visits a log entry on Special:Log, and toggles the "Change visibility of selected log entries" checkbox (or a tags checkbox) next to it, there is a redirection to the main page's action=historysubmit (instead of the desired behavior in which a revision-deletion form appears).

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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          {
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            "binary_version": "1:1.27.4-3"
          },
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          }
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      },
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        "1:1.27.4-1",
        "1:1.27.4-2",
        "1:1.27.4-3"
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          },
          {
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          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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        "1:1.31.5-3ubuntu1",
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        "1:1.39.7-1",
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    },
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
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          },
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        "1:1.43.1+dfsg-2",
        "1:1.43.3+dfsg-1"
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes",
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      },
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        "name": "mediawiki",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.43.8+dfsg-2?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1:1.43.3+dfsg-1",
        "1:1.43.5+dfsg-1",
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        "1:1.43.8+dfsg-1",
        "1:1.43.8+dfsg-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "MediaWiki before 1.35.1 blocks legitimate attempts to hide log entries in some situations. If one sets MediaWiki:Mainpage to Special:MyLanguage/Main Page, visits a log entry on Special:Log, and toggles the \"Change visibility of selected log entries\" checkbox (or a tags checkbox) next to it, there is a redirection to the main page\u0027s action=historysubmit (instead of the desired behavior in which a revision-deletion form appears).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35477",
  "modified": "2026-05-27T10:01:44Z",
  "published": "2020-12-18T08:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35477"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205908"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-December/094126.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35477"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-35477"
  ]
}



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