DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44857
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44857
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Published
- 2021-12-17T04:15:39Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-15T09:02:39Z
- 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:12 / mediawiki
Package
- Name
- mediawiki
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / mediawiki
Package
- Name
- mediawiki
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / mediawiki
Package
- Name
- mediawiki
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=forky