# CVE-2021-30153: An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2.

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-15 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the VisualEditor extension in MediaWiki before 1.31.13, and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. . When using VisualEditor to edit a MediaWiki user page belonging to an existing, but hidden, user, VisualEditor will disclose that the user exists. (It shouldn't because they are hidden.) This is related to ApiVisualEditor.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270453
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2021-April/094418.html
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/XYBF5RSTJRMVCP7QBYK7643W75A3KCIY/

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