An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. It is possible to use action=mcrundo followed by action=mcrrestore to replace the content of any arbitrary page (that the user doesn't have edit rights for). This applies to any public wiki, or a private wiki that has at least one page set in $wgWhitelistRead.
References
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24 | |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 May 2023, 22:15
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12 Jul 2022, 17:42
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CWE | CWE-862 |
21 Dec 2021, 18:29
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 4.0
v3 : 6.5 |
CPE | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
CWE | CWE-269 | |
References | (CONFIRM) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ - Vendor Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322 - Third Party Advisory |
17 Dec 2021, 04:15
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2021-12-17 04:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09
NVD link : CVE-2021-44857
Mitre link : CVE-2021-44857
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-44857
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki
CWE
CWE-862
Missing Authorization