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CVE-2019-16738

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16738 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting MediaWiki through version 1.33.0, including various Debian and Fedora distributions. It allows an attacker to reveal suppressed usernames through a User ID Lookup via the Special:Redirect function. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to a limited impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.31.0, < 1.31.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.32.0, < 1.32.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.33.0, < 1.33.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mediawiki/coreFixed in: 1.31.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mediawiki/coreFixed in: 1.32.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mediawiki/coreFixed in: 1.33.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: mediawiki
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: mediawiki

Vendor Advisories (2)

composerGHSA-7hwr-f745-5rwqmedium

MediaWiki information disclosure

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-16738Moderate

mediawiki: suppressed username information disclosure via Special:Redirect

Sep 25, 2019

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
Broken Link
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
Broken Link
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T230402
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4545
Third Party Advisory