CVE-2019-16529

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Published Mar 19, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension through 1.35.0 for MediaWiki. Oversighted edit summaries are still visible in CheckUser results in violation of MediaWiki's permissions model.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:checkuser:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-7204	An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension through 1.35.0 for MediaWiki. Oversighted edit summaries are still visible in CheckUser results in violation of MediaWiki's permissions model.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.870% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207094
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/rECHU22ddd638ba79903361df88c755232a532cbdbfb3

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mediawiki Checkuser

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 19, 2020, 10:51 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:17 AM
Reserved: Sep 19, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:22 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 19, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:22 AM

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