# CVE-2024-47848: User can review/unreview articles while blocked

> Blocked users can improperly review or unreview articles, bypassing intended access restrictions in the MediaWiki PageTriage extension.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 7 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-crh3-9wq5-g56c

## What is CVE-2024-47848?

CVE-2024-47848 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - PageTriage, published on 4 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - PageTriage allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Mediawiki - PageTriage: from 1.39.X before 1.39.9, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47848?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-47848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47848 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - PageTriage, published on 4 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - PageTriage. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47848/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.