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Vulnerability CVE-2021-35197
Published: 2021-07-02
| Description: |
In MediaWiki before 1.31.15, 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.3, and 1.36.x before 1.36.1, bots have certain unintended API access. When a bot account has a "sitewide block" applied, it is able to still "purge" pages through the MediaWiki Action API (which a "sitewide block" should have prevented). |
Type:
CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
5/10 |
2.9/10 |
10/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Low |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
None |
Partial |
None |
References: |
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YR3X4L2CPSEJVSY543AWEO65TD6APXHP/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280226
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