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CVE-2020-29005

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-29005 describes a critical information disclosure vulnerability in the Push extension for MediaWiki versions through 1.35. The API within this extension transmitted ApiPush credentials in cleartext, making them susceptible to interception. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-29005Moderate

mediawiki: Information disclosure via cleartext transmitted ApiPush credentials

Dec 22, 2020

References

gerrit.wikimedia.org / r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Push/+/625988
PatchVendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T262724
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory