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CVE-2021-44857

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: Dec 17, 2021
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-44857
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.37.0 1.37.1
mediawiki / mediawiki - 1.35.5
mediawiki / mediawiki 1.36.0 1.36.3