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TI-2020-18114 Aliases CVE-2020-35623GHSA-3qff-43xr-cvvj

An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1.

Priority LOW 35CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Due to improper username validation, it allowed user impersonation with trivial manipulations of certain characters within a given username. An ordinary user may be able to login as a "bureaucrat user" who has a similar username, as demonstrated by usernames that differ only in (1) bidirectional override symbols or (2) blank space.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01096 65th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.35.1Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.35.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35623
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qff-43xr-cvvj

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

  • TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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