DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44857
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857
Upstream
Published
2021-12-17T04:15:39Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:16:30.134843Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.4-1+deb11u2

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.35.2-1
1:1.35.3-1
1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1
1:1.35.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}