# CVE-2023-29137: An issue was discovered in the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3.

- 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: 2023-03-31 · Updated: 2025-02-14

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The UserImpactHandler for GrowthExperiments inadvertently returns the timezone preference for arbitrary users, which can be used to de-anonymize users.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328643

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