CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-30159

Published: Apr 09, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. Users can bypass intended restrictions on deleting pages in certain fast double move situations. MovePage::isValidMoveTarget() uses FOR UPDATE, but its only called if Title::getArticleID() returns non-zero with no special flags. Next, MovePage::moveToInternal() will delete the page if getArticleID(READ_LATEST) is non-zero. Therefore, if the page is missing in the replica DB, isValidMove() will return true, and then moveToInternal() will unconditionally delete the page if it can be found in the master.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mediawiki Mediawiki * 1.31.12 (excluding)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.32.0 (including) 1.35.2 (excluding)
Mediawiki Ubuntu devel *
Mediawiki Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Mediawiki Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Mediawiki Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Mediawiki Ubuntu focal *
Mediawiki Ubuntu groovy *
Mediawiki Ubuntu hirsute *
Mediawiki Ubuntu impish *
Mediawiki Ubuntu jammy *
Mediawiki Ubuntu kinetic *
Mediawiki Ubuntu lunar *
Mediawiki Ubuntu mantic *
Mediawiki Ubuntu noble *
Mediawiki Ubuntu oracular *
Mediawiki Ubuntu trusty *
Mediawiki Ubuntu upstream *

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