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CVE-2023-45362

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45362 is an information leak vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. The vulnerability arises from the "diff-multi-sameuser" feature failing to properly suppress usernames, potentially exposing sensitive information. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.3, it has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, but only results in a limited information disclosure. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.35.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.36.0, < 1.39.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-45362Moderate

mediawiki: diff-multi-sameuser ("X intermediate revisions by the same user not shown") ignores username suppression

Oct 12, 2023

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T341529
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory