wikiconfig API leaked private config variables set through ManageWiki
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
ManageWiki is an extension to the MediaWiki project. The 'wikiconfig' API leaked the value of private configuration variables set through the ManageWiki variable to all users. This has been patched by https://github.com/miraheze/ManageWiki/compare/99f3b2c8af18...befb83c66f5b.patch. If you are unable to patch set `$wgAPIListModules['wikiconfig'] = 'ApiQueryDisabled';` or remove private config as a workaround.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29483
References
More miraheze Managewiki vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23966 ManageWiki has SQL injection vulnerability in NamespaceMigrationJob CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2024-16564 Cross-Site Scripting in the extensions, settings, permissions and namespaces subpages of ManageWiki CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-28445 ManageWiki Vulnerable to Self-XSS in review dialog via unsanitized field reflection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-23974 Improper authorization in miraheze ManageWiki CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
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