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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-17T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-05-21T00:00:00

Reserved: 2021-12-13T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-44857

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-17T04:15:39.137

Modified: 2023-05-21T22:15:11.393


Link: CVE-2021-44857

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