What is CVE-2019-16529?

CVE-2019-16529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Checkuser. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-16529?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mediawiki Checkuser

CVE-2019-16529

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (54.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki Checkuser
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16529?: CVE-2019-16529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Checkuser. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-16529?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.