An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Due to improper username validation, it allowed user impersonation with trivial manipulations of certain characters within a given username. An ordinary user may be able to login as a "bureaucrat user" who has a similar username, as demonstrated by usernames that differ only in (1) bidirectional override symbols or (2) blank space.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/CWRUChielLab/CASAuth/pull/11 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263498 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-12-21T22:37:15
Updated: 2020-12-21T22:37:15
Reserved: 2020-12-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-35623
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-21T23:15:12.437
Modified: 2021-07-21T11:39:23.747
Link: CVE-2020-35623
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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