CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-35625

An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Any user with the ability to edit pages within the Widgets namespace could call any static function within any class (defined within PHP or MediaWiki) via a crafted HTML comment, related to a Smarty template. For example, a person in the Widget Editors group could use MediaWikiShellShell::command within a comment.

6.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269718 Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic899a8b15bc510e61cdacb5c024af2d226a2dbeb Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-12-21 11:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-35625

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35625

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-862