Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-27621
CVE-2020-27621
Description
The FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.35.0 was not properly attributing various user actions to a specific user's IP address. Instead, for various actions, it would report the IP address of an internal Wikimedia Foundation server by omitting X-Forwarded-For data. This resulted in an inability to properly audit and attribute various user actions performed via the FileImporter extension.
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Affected products
3- MediaWiki/FileImporter extensiondescription
- Range: <=1.35.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I24a240253c7a5c66dd493a68e8c23d95a17e1b21mitrex_refsource_MISC
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265810mitrex_refsource_MISC
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