High
Security advisory
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-29005
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
osv:CVE-2020-29005
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29005",
"method": "structured",
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"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2020-29005",
"summary": "The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-29005",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
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"aliases": [
"BIT-mediawiki-2020-29005",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
}
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"1.35.0-rc.1",
"1.35.0-rc.0",
"test-hashar-for-ci",
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.284137093Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Push/+/625988",
"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262724"
],
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 439050,
"published_at": "2021-01-29T07:15:16.763+00:00"
}