Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 3, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-45362
CVE-2023-45362
Description
An issue was discovered in DifferenceEngine.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. diff-multi-sameuser (aka "X intermediate revisions by the same user not shown") ignores username suppression. This is an information leak.
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Affected products
7- Range: <1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1
<1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: <1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.35.12
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341529nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00027.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/nvd
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