CVE-2024-47816 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-47816: Users can impersonate import requesters if their actor IDs coincide in ImportDump

Vendor Miraheze
Product ImportDump
Weakness CWE-282
Published October 9, 2024
Last update October 9, 2024

CVSS base score

6.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ImportDump is a mediawiki extension designed to automate user import requests. A user's local actor ID is stored in the database to tell who made what requests. Therefore, if a user on another wiki happens to have the same actor ID as someone on the central wiki, the user on the other wiki can act as if they're the original wiki requester. This can be abused to create new comments, edit the request, and view the request if it's marked private. This issue has been addressed in commit `5c91dfc` and all users are advised to update. Users unable to update may disable the special page outside of their global wiki. See `miraheze/mw-config@e566499` for details on that.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 9, 2024 CVE published
October 9, 2024 Record updated