Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-37253

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in ProofreadPage from MediaWiki. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. It leaks information about a suppressed user via the API and config variables.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MediaWiki ProofreadPage 0 – before 1.35.111.36.0 – before 1.38.71.39.0 – before 1.39.4

Weakness: CWE-669 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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