# CVE-2020-25869: An information leak was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An information leak was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. Handling of actor ID does not necessarily use the correct database or correct wiki.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260485
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/

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