Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach FlaggedRevs-enabled wiki over network
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ExploitRequest review/revision content endpoint
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ExecutionServer fails to strip sensitive data
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ImpactRead leaked revision info in response
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data removal before release
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a MediaWiki installation with the FlaggedRevs extension enabled at version 1.46.0 or earlier - FlaggedRevs is an optional, separately-installed review/flagging extension, not part of MediaWiki core, so wikis without it are unaffected. Per the CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N) no authentication or user interaction is needed and the attack is network-reachable, but exploitation is bounded by the low confidentiality impact (only limited sensitive information leaks) and by the specific FlaggedRevs code path handling revision review/transfer. The exact feature or endpoint that fails to strip the data is not detailed in the single Phabricator reference. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure issue that should be treated as low-to-medium operational priority. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N with SC:L) describes a network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity flaw whose only impact is partial confidentiality - no integrity or availability effect - which matches CWE-212 (improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer). CISA SSVC reinforces a measured priority: Exploitation=none (no observed activity), Automatable=yes (it can be scripted, since it is remote and needs no interaction), and Technical Impact=partial (consistent with VC:L). There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept provided; exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent - a genuinely remote, low-privilege info leak - but the impact ceiling is low (only limited sensitive data leaks, not credentials or full content dumps as far as the description states). The chief limitation on confidence is that the single reference is a Phabricator task (T433020) with no fixed-version, patch commit, or detailed technical writeup, so the exact leaked data type and trigger cannot be independently confirmed. Net: a real but low-impact confidentiality bug, not a high-urgency threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote user interacts with a MediaWiki wiki running the FlaggedRevs extension (version ≤1.46.0) and, through the review/flagging workflow, retrieves content or metadata that should have been stripped before display or transfer - for example pending, hidden, or otherwise restricted revision information. Because the flaw needs no privileges and no user interaction, requests can be automated (SSVC Automatable=yes). No public proof-of-concept is available at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 25, 2026
Information disclosure in the MediaWiki FlaggedRevs extension through 1.46.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain limited sensitive information that the extension fails to remove before storage or transfer, per CWE-212. Only MediaWiki installations with the optional FlaggedRevs extension enabled are affected; wikis without it are not exposed. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and SSVC records exploitation as none, making this a moderate-severity, low-to-medium operational priority.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis based on the provided data; monitor Wikimedia Phabricator T433020 for a fixed release and upgrade the FlaggedRevs extension once an exact patched version is published. If FlaggedRevs is not required, disable or remove the extension to eliminate the vulnerable code path, accepting the trade-off that revision review, flagging, and approval workflows will no longer be available. Where the extension must remain enabled, restrict access to review and flagging interfaces through network ACLs or web-server authentication for trusted users only, with the trade-off of disrupting normal editor approval workflows, and monitor wiki and web logs for anomalous access to revision-review or transfer actions. No exact fixed version is provided in the input data, so do not assume a version number beyond the 1.46.0 affected ceiling.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
FlaggedRevs is an optional MediaWiki extension that adds revision review, flagging, and approval workflows; it is separately installed from MediaWiki core. CVE-2026-96879 is assigned CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer), meaning a code path in the extension stores, logs, or transmits data without stripping sensitive content first. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:the_wikimedia_foundation:mediawiki_-_flaggedrevs_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected component, and EUVD records affected versions as FlaggedRevs 0 through 1.46.0. The provided CVSS data has AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, so the issue is network-reachable without authentication or user interaction, but VC:L/SC:L keeps the confidentiality impact limited; the exact request, parameter, or review/transfer path is not detailed in the single Phabricator reference T433020.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Remote unauthenticated leak with no interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); confidentiality-only and limited (C:L); S:C mirrors NVD's subsequent-system SC:L, though scope is debatable.
Primary rating from Vendor (wikimedia-foundation).
CVSS VectorVendor: wikimedia-foundation
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation's Mediawiki - FlaggedRevs extension through 1.46.0.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
EUVD-2026-87323
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