UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44857

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44857
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44857.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44857
Related
Published
2021-12-17T04:15:00Z
Modified
2021-12-17T04:15:00Z
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

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki?arch=src?distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.35.3-1
1:1.35.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.35.5-1",
            "binary_name": "mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.35.5-1",
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes"
        }
    ]
}