What is CVE-2024-40597?

CVE-2024-40597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-40597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-40597 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Mediawiki

CVE-2024-40597

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. It can expose suppressed information for log events. (The log_deleted attribute is not respected.)

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40597?: CVE-2024-40597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-40597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-40597 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.