What is CVE-2019-18612?

CVE-2019-18612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki Abusefilter, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-18612?

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

Information disclosure in MediaWiki Abusefilter

CVE-2019-18612

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension through 1.34 for MediaWiki. Previously hidden (restricted) AbuseFilter filters were viewable (or their differences were viewable) to unprivileged users, thus disclosing potentially sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th 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 Abusefilter
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18612?: CVE-2019-18612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki Abusefilter, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-18612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.