CVE-2020-27621 (GCVE-0-2020-27621)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-22 03:04 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:18
VLAI
Summary
The FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.35.0 was not properly attributing various user actions to a specific user's IP address. Instead, for various actions, it would report the IP address of an internal Wikimedia Foundation server by omitting X-Forwarded-For data. This resulted in an inability to properly audit and attribute various user actions performed via the FileImporter extension.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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