Name: CVE-2024-40597: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-40597, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00405

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.)

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Jun 20, 2025	Jul 7, 2024

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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