CVE-2021-30152
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-09 06:08
Modified
2024-08-03 22:24
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/
cve@mitre.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889Third Party Advisory
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