CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-16528

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 20, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Abusefilter Mediawiki 1.32 (including) 1.32 (including)
Abusefilter Mediawiki 1.33 (including) 1.33 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References