Extension:PwnedPasswords

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg PwnedPasswords Release status: experimental
Implementation	User identity
Description	Checks passwords against the Pwned Passwords list.
Author(s)	Platonidestalk
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.32+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
License	No license specified
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
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Provides command-line scripts to detect passwords which have been leaked in some past password breach, and thus protect against password reuse attacks.

Download

<translate> The extension can be retrieved directly from Git</translate> ^[?]:

• <translate> Browse code</translate>
• <translate> Some extensions have tags for stable releases.</translate>
  • <translate> Browse tags</translate>
  • <translate> Select the tag</translate>
  • <translate> Click "snapshot"</translate>
• <translate> Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release.</translate> <translate> There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).</translate>
  • <translate> Browse branches</translate>
  • <translate> Select a branch name</translate>
  • <translate> Click "<tvar name=1>⧼extdist-submit-version⧽</tvar>"</translate>

<translate> Extract the snapshot and place it in the <tvar name=name>extensions/PwnedPasswords/</tvar> directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows: </translate>

cd extensions/ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/PwnedPasswords.git