CVE-2020-29005
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials,...
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2020-29005- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2020-29005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21387 No score
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21387- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m23v-gcxc-rq79 No score
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials,...
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-m23v-gcxc-rq79- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2020-29005- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mediawiki-2020-29005 No score
The API in the Push extension for MediaWiki through 1.35 used cleartext for ApiPush credentials, allowing for potential information disclosure.
- Record
BIT-mediawiki-2020-29005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mediawikiBitnami |
before 1.35.1 | 1.35.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-29005 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mediawiki, published January 29, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 52nd percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1.35.1.