CVE-2019-18611
MediaWiki CheckUser Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension through 1.34 for MediaWiki. Certain sensitive information within oversighted edit summaries made available via the MediaWiki API was potentially visible to users with various levels of access to this extension. Said users should not have been able to view these oversighted edit summaries via the MediaWiki API.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 29, 2019, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 31, 2019, 12:12 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-18611.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie0aa0df2b3f03d8b910733f1b5e600a0dc978765 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234862 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie0aa0df2b3f03d8b910733f1b5e600a0dc978765 No Types Assigned https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie0aa0df2b3f03d8b910733f1b5e600a0dc978765 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234862 No Types Assigned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234862 Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:checkuser:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* versions up to (including) 1.34
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-18611 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-18611
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.26415
percentile