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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-30153

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-30153

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Apr 2023, 20:16 UTC

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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  "id": "7b76c93f18db35397532068b3ce0b82f776ab6d6712e0348c24b85d180041ae6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30153",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-30153",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-30153",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-30153",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-mediawiki-2021-30153",
        "CVE-2021-30153"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dc63efabf7afc624f5e1f06478b91182bfecaad4"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0fbb878ef366477535a709b0c2564bdcf4b176d1"
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                {
                  "fixed": "e5823c068a2e0d8af72538fe5cd152ddb43c58e9"
                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.31.13"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "1.32.0"
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                        "fixed": "1.35.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.31.12",
            "1.35.1",
            "1.31.11",
            "1.31.8",
            "1.35.0",
            "1.31.10",
            "1.31.9",
            "1.35.0-rc.3",
            "1.35.0-rc.2",
            "1.35.0-rc.1",
            "1.35.0-rc.0",
            "1.31.7",
            "1.31.6",
            "1.31.5",
            "1.31.4",
            "1.31.3",
            "1.31.2",
            "1.31.1",
            "1.31.0",
            "1.31.0-rc.2",
            "1.31.0-rc.1",
            "1.31.0-rc.0",
            "test-hashar-for-ci",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.5.0beta4",
            "1.5.0beta3",
            "1.5.0beta2",
            "1.5.0beta1",
            "1.5.0alpha2",
            "1.5.0alpha1",
            "1.3.0beta1",
            "1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-30153.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-30153",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438197,
  "published_at": "2023-04-15T20:16:00.57+00:00"
}