CVE-2019-16529 describes a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki versions up to 1.35.0. The flaw allows unauthorized viewing of "oversighted" edit summaries within CheckUser results, bypassing intended permission restrictions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low impact on confidentiality with no integrity or availability impact, and can be exploited remotely without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:checkuser:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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