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CVE-2021-44857

CVSS v3.1 6.5 (Medium)
65% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4 (Medium)
40% Progress
EPSS 0.07 % (31th)
0.07% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 3
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2021-12-17 04:15:39
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-05-21 22:15:11
(16 months ago)

Affected Products

Mediawiki

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mediawiki prior 1.35.5 version cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki < 1.35.5
  Mediawiki from 1.36.0 version and prior 1.36.3 version cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki >= 1.36.0 < 1.36.3
  Mediawiki from 1.37.0 version and prior 1.37.1 version cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki >= 1.37.0 < 1.37.1