CVE-2021-31554
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-22 02:29
Modified
2024-08-03 23:03
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. It improperly handled account blocks for certain automatically created MediaWiki user accounts, thus allowing nefarious users to remain unblocked.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie1f4333d5b1c9d17fb2236fe38a31de427a4cc48Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272244Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie1f4333d5b1c9d17fb2236fe38a31de427a4cc48Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272244Third Party Advisory
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