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CVE-2015-8007

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Echo extension for MediWiki does not properly implement the hideuser functionality, which allows remote authenticated users to see hidden usernames in "non-revision based" notifications, as demonstrated by viewing a hidden username in a Thanks notification.

Affected products

• Echo Project Echo: all versions

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110553
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034028
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-October/000182.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110553

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