Translate extension appears to use jobs to make edits to translation pages. This causes the CheckUser tool to log the wrong IP and User-Agent making these edits un-auditable via the CheckUser tool.This issue affects Mediawiki - Translate Extension: from master before 1.39.
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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension allows Footprinting.This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension: from master before 1.39. | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Translate Extension allows Footprinting. Translate extension appears to use jobs to make edits to translation pages. This causes the CheckUser tool to log the wrong IP and User-Agent making these edits un-auditable via the CheckUser tool.This issue affects Mediawiki - Translate Extension: from master before 1.39. |
| Title | Special:Translate tool do not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool | Special:Translate tool does not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool |
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:45:00 +0000
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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension allows Footprinting.This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser Extension: from master before 1.39. | |
| Title | Special:Translate tool do not use the correct IP and User-Agent in the CheckUser tool | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-21T19:22:21.373Z
Reserved: 2025-10-20T17:42:38.150Z
Link: CVE-2025-62699
Updated: 2025-10-21T13:49:55.460Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-10-21T04:16:07.617
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-62699
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Updated: 2025-10-21T09:39:27Z