Description
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. A title blocked by AbuseFilter can be created via Special:ChangeContentModel due to the mishandling of the EditFilterMergedContent hook return value.
Published: 2022-12-26
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3117-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5246-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-31659 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. A title blocked by AbuseFilter can be created via Special:ChangeContentModel due to the mishandling of the EditFilterMergedContent hook return value.
History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-14T15:49:47.008Z

Reserved: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44856

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:32:13.284Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T06:15:10.737

Modified: 2025-04-14T16:15:18.540

Link: CVE-2021-44856

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-12-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-44856 - Bugzilla

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