cve-2021-42049
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-06 20:47
Modified
2024-08-04 03:22
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Oversighters cannot undo revisions or oversight on pages where they suppressed information (such as PII). This allows oversighters to whitewash revisions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4d95220ef414337147235f7ebedc9b945c3348e3Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286884Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4d95220ef414337147235f7ebedc9b945c3348e3Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286884Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
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