An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).
References
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https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-07-02T13:01:13
Updated: 2021-07-02T13:01:13
Reserved: 2021-07-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-36125
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-07-02T13:15:07.760
Modified: 2021-07-07T17:10:00.870
Link: CVE-2021-36125
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE