CVE-2021-30152

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-30152
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-09 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2648-1] mediawiki security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2648-2] mediawiki regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mediawiki-1.35.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
⚓ T270713 CVE-2021-30152: action=protect lets users with 'protect' permission protect to higher protection level MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-40) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4889-1 mediawiki DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mediawiki-1.35.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178531 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 4889-1)
  • 178584 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DLA 2648-2)
  • 178613 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DLA 2648-1)
  • 179831 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (CVE-2021-30152)
  • 281316 Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2021-f4223b6684)
  • 281317 Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2021-d298103d3a)
  • 710029 Gentoo Linux MediaWiki Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-40)
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