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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-31547

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. Its AbuseFilterCheckMatch API reveals suppressed edits and usernames to unprivileged users through the iteration of crafted AbuseFilter rules.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-31547

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Apr 2021, 03:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. Its AbuseFilterCheckMatch API reveals suppressed edits and usernames to unprivileged users through the iteration of crafted AbuseFilter rules.

osv:CVE-2021-31547
Complete source record
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  "id": "044e10aa543959982743440d1dbfa2a985704914e3e2b29da5138eaeae11b9c2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31547",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-31547",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. Its AbuseFilterCheckMatch API reveals suppressed edits and usernames to unprivileged users through the iteration of crafted AbuseFilter rules.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-31547",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-31547",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-mediawiki-2021-31547",
        "CVE-2021-31547"
      ],
      "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": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e5823c068a2e0d8af72538fe5cd152ddb43c58e9"
                }
              ],
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                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.35.2"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "1.35.0-rc.2",
            "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",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.781009245Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223654",
        "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I3f7dbd8b873d411e37c8c3aac2339bf5ec36907d",
        "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4900b1be73323599d74e3164447f81eded094d75"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-31547",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429643,
  "published_at": "2021-04-22T03:15:08+00:00"
}