CVE-2021-41801

Summary

CVECVE-2021-41801
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-11 08:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ReplaceText extension through 1.41 for MediaWiki has Incorrect Access Control. When a user is blocked after submitting a replace job, the job is still run, even if it may be run at a later time (due to the job queue backlog)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security and maintenance release: 1.31.16 / 1.35.4 / 1.36.2 - Wikitech-l - lists.wikimedia.org CONFIRM lists.wikimedia.org
⚓ T279090 CVE-2021-41801: ReplaceText continues performing actions if the user no longer has the correct permission (such as by being blocked) MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
Security and maintenance release: 1.31.16 / 1.35.4 / 1.36.2 - Wikitech-l - lists.wikimedia.org lists.wikimedia.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178814 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 4979-1)
  • 184265 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (CVE-2021-41801)
  • 690019 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mediawiki (f84ab297-2285-11ec-9e79-08002789875b)
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