cve-2021-36125
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-02 13:01
Modified
2024-08-04 00:47
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
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cve@mitre.org | https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
cve@mitre.org | https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
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