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MediaWiki: Missing Authorization (CVE-2019-16738)

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MediaWiki: Missing Authorization (CVE-2019-16738)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/26/2019
Created
12/04/2019
Added
12/03/2019
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

In MediaWiki through 1.33.0, Special:Redirect allows information disclosure of suppressed usernames via a User ID Lookup.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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