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Excessive privileges In mediawiki

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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