CVE-2022-41765

mediawiki: HTMLUserTextField exposes existence of hidden users

Published Dec 26, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3148-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5246-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-44936 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Apr 14, 2025, 2:25 PM
Reserved
Sep 29, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 26, 2022, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:03 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 26, 2022, 12:00 AM