CVE-2020-35623

An issue was discovered in the CasAuth extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. Due to improper username validation, it allowed user impersonation with trivial manipulations of certain characters within a given username. An ordinary user may be able to login as a "bureaucrat user" who has a simila...

CVE-2020-35623

CVE-2020-35623 (MediaWiki CasAuth extension) : The vulnerability affects MediaWiki with the CasAuth extension up to version 1.35.1, caused by improper username validation. This can allow an ordinary user to impersonate a “bureaucrat user” whose username differs only by characters such as bidirect...