Extension:PwnedPasswords

MediaWiki extensions manual

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	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 148th)
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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

The extension can be retrieved directly from Git ^[?]:

• Browse code
• Some extensions have tags for stable releases.
  • Browse tags
  • Select the tag
  • Click "snapshot"
• Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release. There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).
  • Browse branches
  • Select a branch name
  • Click "Continue"

Extract the snapshot and place it in the extensions/PwnedPasswords/ 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:

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