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mediawiki — security advisory
An issue was discovered in the CheckUserLog API in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. There is incorrect access control for visibility of hidden users.
- Products
- mediawiki
- Affected versions
- 1:1.27.3-1, 1:1.27.4-1, 1:1.27.4-2, 1:1.27.4-3, 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1, 1:1.31.5-1, 1:1.31.5-1ubuntu1, 1:1.31.5-2, 1:1.31.5-3, 1:1.31.5-3ubuntu1, 1:1.31.6-1, 1:1.31.7-1, 1:1.31.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:1.35.3-1, 1:1.35.4-1, 1:1.35.5-1, 1:1.35.5-1ubuntu1, 1:1.35.5-1ubuntu2, 1:1.35.5-1ubuntu3, 1:1.35.6-1, 1:1.35.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:1.39.4-2, 1:1.39.5-1, 1:1.39.6-1, 1:1.39.7-1, 1:1.39.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:1.43.1+dfsg-1, 1:1.43.1+dfsg-2, 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1, 1:1.43.5+dfsg-1, 1:1.43.6+dfsg-2, 1:1.43.8+dfsg-1, 1:1.43.8+dfsg-2, 1:1.43.9+dfsg-1, 1:1.43.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-37300
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in the CheckUserLog API in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. There is incorrect access control for visibility of hidden users.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37300
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Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37300",
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:24.183810822Z",
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