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ghsa-x4wg-g4fv-f8m6

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-12-18 00:01

Modified

2022-07-13 00:01

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-44857"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269",
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-17T04:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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\u0027t have edit rights for). This applies to any public wiki, or a private wiki that has at least one page set in $wgWhitelistRead.",
  "id": "GHSA-x4wg-g4fv-f8m6",
  "modified": "2022-07-13T00:01:49Z",
  "published": "2021-12-18T00:01:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44857"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

cve-2021-44857

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-12-17 00:00

Modified

2024-08-04 04:32

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322
	https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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n/a

Version: n/a

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          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T04:32:13.362Z",
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            ],
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          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-202305-24",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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        }
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      },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-202305-24",
          "tags": [
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          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24"
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    "dateReserved": "2021-12-13T00:00:00",
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    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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