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. 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.
Published: 2021-12-17
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5021-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-31660 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:32:13.362Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-44857

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-17T04:15:39.137

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:31:37.170

Link: CVE-2021-44857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-44857 - Bugzilla

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