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CVE-2021-44857

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Missing authorization
6.5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.