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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24 | |
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-12-17T04:15:39.137
Modified: 2023-05-21T22:15:11.393
Link: CVE-2021-44857
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE