CVE-2020-35625

Published Dec 21, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Any user with the ability to edit pages within the Widgets namespace could call any static function within any class (defined within PHP or MediaWiki) via a crafted HTML comment, related to a Smarty template. For example, a person in the Widget Editors group could use \MediaWiki\Shell\Shell::command within a comment.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23291 An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Any user with the ability to edit pages within the Widgets namespace could call any static function within any class (defined within PHP or MediaWiki) via a crafted HTML comment, related to a Smarty template. For example, a person in the Widget Editors group could use \MediaWiki\Shell\Shell::command within a comment.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 5:09 PM
Reserved
Dec 21, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 21, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:14 AM