CVE-2026-96879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation's Mediawiki - FlaggedRevs extension through 1.46.0.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T433020

History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation's Mediawiki - FlaggedRevs extension through 1.46.0.
Title		"Checked by" label in page history should not be shown if the underlying review log entry is suppressed"
Weaknesses		CWE-212
References		https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T433020
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2026-09-25T20:10:22.476Z

Updated: 2026-09-25T20:41:55.111Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T18:14:23.766Z

Link: CVE-2026-96879

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T20:41:51.099Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T21:17:25.613

Modified: 2026-09-25T21:17:25.613

Link: CVE-2026-96879

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T22:00:20Z

Weaknesses

CWE-212

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