CVE-2019-16528

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki. includes/special/SpecialAbuseLog.php allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as deleted/suppressed usernames and summaries, from AbuseLog revision data. This affects REL1_32 and REL1_33.

Se detectó un problema en la extensión AbuseFilter para MediaWiki. El archivo includes/special/SpecialAbuseLog.php permite a atacantes obtener información confidencial, tal y como nombres de usuario eliminados y suprimidos y resúmenes, desde los datos de revisión de AbuseLog. Esto afecta a REL1_32 y REL1_33.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-09-19 CVE Reserved
2020-03-20 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-14 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter/+/538051	2021-07-21
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter/+/538053	2021-07-21
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter/+/538054	2021-07-21

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Abusefilter Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Abusefilter"				1.32 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Abusefilter" and version "1.32"		mediawiki		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Abusefilter Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Abusefilter"				1.33 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Abusefilter" and version "1.33"		mediawiki		Affected