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CVE-2021-31549

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special...

4.3 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.80%Unchanged since Apr 27, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
CVE-2021-31549
CVSS 3.1
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
CVE-2021-31549
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18446 No score

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
EUVD-2021-18446
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cg23-hq5c-fqvx No score

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special...

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
GHSA-cg23-hq5c-fqvx
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 4.3

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
CVE-2021-31549
CVSS 3.1
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mediawiki-2021-31549 No score

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. The Special:AbuseFilter/examine form allowed for the disclosure of suppressed MediaWiki usernames to unprivileged users.

Record
BIT-mediawiki-2021-31549
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mediawiki
Bitnami
before 1.35.3
1.35.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-31549 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mediawiki, published April 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1.35.3.

References

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