Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-16738 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
In MediaWiki through 1.33.0, Special:Redirect allows information disclosure of suppressed usernames via a User ID Lookup.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4545.NASL description It was discovered that the Special:Redirect functionality of MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, could expose suppressed user names, resulting in an information leak. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130073 published 2019-10-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130073 title Debian DSA-4545-1 : mediawiki - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4545. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130073); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/19"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16738"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4545"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4545-1 : mediawiki - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that the Special:Redirect functionality of MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, could expose suppressed user names, resulting in an information leak." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mediawiki" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mediawiki" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/mediawiki" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the mediawiki packages. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.31.4-1~deb10u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"mediawiki", reference:"1:1.31.4-1~deb10u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"mediawiki-classes", reference:"1:1.31.4-1~deb10u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"mediawiki", reference:"1:1.27.7-1~deb9u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"mediawiki-classes", reference:"1:1.27.7-1~deb9u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-3BA38E1CDB.NASL description == Security fixes == - (T230402, CVE-2019-16738) SECURITY: Add permission check for suppressed account to Special:Redirect. == Links to all mentioned tasks == - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130295 published 2019-10-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130295 title Fedora 31 : mediawiki (2019-3ba38e1cdb) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-3ba38e1cdb. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130295); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16738"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-3ba38e1cdb"); script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : mediawiki (2019-3ba38e1cdb)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "== Security fixes == - (T230402, CVE-2019-16738) SECURITY: Add permission check for suppressed account to Special:Redirect. == Links to all mentioned tasks == - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-3ba38e1cdb" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mediawiki package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mediawiki"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC31", reference:"mediawiki-1.32.4-1.fc31")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mediawiki"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-C4CDD73C74.NASL description == Security fixes == - (T230402, CVE-2019-16738) SECURITY: Add permission check for suppressed account to Special:Redirect. == Links to all mentioned tasks == - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130037 published 2019-10-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130037 title Fedora 30 : mediawiki (2019-c4cdd73c74) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-c4cdd73c74. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130037); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/19"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16738"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-c4cdd73c74"); script_name(english:"Fedora 30 : mediawiki (2019-c4cdd73c74)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "== Security fixes == - (T230402, CVE-2019-16738) SECURITY: Add permission check for suppressed account to Special:Redirect. == Links to all mentioned tasks == - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-c4cdd73c74" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227662" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mediawiki package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mediawiki"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^30([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 30", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC30", reference:"mediawiki-1.32.4-1.fc30")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mediawiki"); }
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_C32285FEFDE411E99525000C29C4DC65.NASL description MediaWiki reports : Security fixes : T230402, CVE-2019-16738 SECURITY: Add permission check for suppressed account to Special:Redirect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130495 published 2019-11-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130495 title FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (c32285fe-fde4-11e9-9525-000c29c4dc65)
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230402
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4545
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/32
- 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/