CVE-2015-8007
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.0
Description
The Echo extension for MediWiki does not properly implement the hideuser functionality, which allows remote authenticated users to see hidden usernames in "non-revision based" notifications, as demonstrated by viewing a hidden username in a Thanks notification.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| echo_project | echo | | |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110553
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110553
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.