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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-29005

The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-29005

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jan 2021, 07:15 UTC

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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  "id": "8a7bfa53714d3b0c1efd1cc84c37db542eeadb429437cc57f706fb3768db8255",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29005",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "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",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-29005",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-mediawiki-2020-29005",
        "CVE-2020-29005"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "2303b05125b2cc046a20d614786174ea803143eb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.35"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "fundraising/REL1_35",
            "1.35.0-rc.1",
            "1.35.0-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-2020-29005.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-29005",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439050,
  "published_at": "2021-01-29T07:15:16.763+00:00"
}