CVE-2021-44857

Summary

CVECVE-2021-44857
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-17 04:15:00 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. 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2021-12 security release/FAQ - MediaWiki CONFIRM www.mediawiki.org
⚓ T297322 CVE-2021-44857, CVE-2021-44858: Unauthorized users can undo edits on any protected page and view contents of private wikis using mcrundo MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
MediaWiki: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-24) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178940 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 5021-1)
  • 182081 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (CVE-2021-44857)
  • 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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