CVE-2020-27621

Published Oct 22, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.35.0 was not properly attributing various user actions to a specific user's IP address. Instead, for various actions, it would report the IP address of an internal Wikimedia Foundation server by omitting X-Forwarded-For data. This resulted in an inability to properly audit and attribute various user actions performed via the FileImporter extension.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20128 The FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.35.0 was not properly attributing various user actions to a specific user's IP address. Instead, for various actions, it would report the IP address of an internal Wikimedia Foundation server by omitting X-Forwarded-For data. This resulted in an inability to properly audit and attribute various user actions performed via the FileImporter extension.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:18 PM
Reserved
Oct 22, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 22, 2020, 4:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM