Medium
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-30153
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.
osv:CVE-2021-30153
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:54.487086878Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/",
"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html",
"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 438197,
"published_at": "2023-04-15T20:16:00.57+00:00"
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