https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17238
Summary: GENDER-Parserfunction can be abused to fetch the gender of a bunch of users Product: MediaWiki Version: unspecified Platform: All URL: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=expandtemplates &text={{GENDER:-jha- |w|m|?}}{{GENDER:1001|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:32X|w|m|?}}{{GENDE R:AHZ|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:APPER|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:AT|w|m|?}}{{ GENDER:Achates|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:Achim Raschka|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:Ahellwig|w|m|?}}{{GENDER:Aineias |w|m|?}} OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Normal Component: Page rendering AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org ReportedBy: wikipe...@christophmueller.org Currently the GENDER-parserfunction can be abused to crawel the gender: This: echo "http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=expandtemplates&text=$(curl -s "http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=jsonfm&action=query&list=allusers&augroup=sysop" |sed "s/"name": "/{{GENDER:/g"|sed "s/"/|w|m|?}}/g"|grep \{\{GENDER\:.*\|w\|m\|\?\}\}| tr -d '\n\t')" generates an URI for the api to read out the gender of some german admins. I think it would be an easy fix to change the behavior of the template to return only the gender of the current user instead of any other - this would also allow to leave genderspecific notes on a user talk since the gender of the text would be generated at the time of viewing but would close this privacyhole. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l