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Vulnerability details: VCID-aahs-n3nr-dbc6
Vulnerability ID VCID-aahs-n3nr-dbc6
Aliases CVE-2019-16738
GHSA-7hwr-f745-5rwq
Summary MediaWiki information disclosure In MediaWiki through 1.33.0, Special:Redirect allows information disclosure of suppressed usernames via a User ID Lookup.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-16738.json
epss 0.00415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16738
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-16738.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-16738.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16738
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16738
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402
generic_textual MODERATE https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
generic_textual MODERATE https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-16738.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-16738
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16738
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-16738.yaml
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16738
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545
1755762 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1755762
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-16738.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-16738.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OMG3BMUHGWTAPYTK2NXM6CXF6FYLOUO
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBAOLXETM5BOYQG6OQVHGB2LNLZUXVN6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16738
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60739
EPSS Score 0.00415
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:12.475430+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-7hwr-f745-5rwq/GHSA-7hwr-f745-5rwq.json 36.1.3