CVE-2024-47913: Improper permissions handling in MediaWiki AbuseFilter

medium Affects mediawiki/abuse-filter. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-10-05; advisory modified 2024-12-06.

Improper permissions handling in MediaWiki AbuseFilter

Package: mediawiki/abuse-filter Composer
Affected versions: <1.39.9 or >=1.40.0 and <1.41.3 or >=1.42.0 and <1.42.2
Fixed in: 1.39.9, 1.41.3, 1.42.2
Severity: medium CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (39.2th percentile)
Published: 2024-10-05
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-532

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