CVE-2021-44856

Summary

CVECVE-2021-44856
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-26 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-21 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A title blocked by AbuseFilter can be created via Special:ChangeContentModel due to the mishandling of the EditFilterMergedContent hook return value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-754

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.37.0 - All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.37.0 rc0 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.37.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.37.0 rc2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MediaWiki: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-24) — Gentoo security MISC security.gentoo.org
⚓ T271037 CVE-2021-44856: Title blocked in AbuseFilter can be created via Special:ChangeContentModel due to the mishandling of EditFilterMergedContent hook return value MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181071 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DLA 3117-1)
  • 181110 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 5246-1)
  • 182766 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (CVE-2021-44856)
  • 283638 Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2023-30a7a812f0)
  • 690754 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mediawiki (0a50bb48-625f-11ec-a1fb-080027cb2f6f)
  • 710731 Gentoo Linux MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-24)
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