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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-41801

Published: Oct 11, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41801
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The ReplaceText extension through 1.41 for MediaWiki has Incorrect Access Control. When a user is blocked after submitting a replace job, the job is still run, even if it may be run at a later time (due to the job queue backlog)

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MediawikiMediawiki*1.31.16 (excluding)
MediawikiMediawiki1.35.0 (including)1.35.4 (excluding)
MediawikiMediawiki1.36.0 (including)1.36.2 (excluding)
MediawikiUbuntubionic*
MediawikiUbuntufocal*
MediawikiUbuntuhirsute*
MediawikiUbuntuimpish*
MediawikiUbuntukinetic*
MediawikiUbuntulunar*
MediawikiUbuntumantic*
MediawikiUbuntuoracular*
MediawikiUbuntuplucky*
MediawikiUbuntutrusty*
MediawikiUbuntuupstream*
MediawikiUbuntuxenial*

References

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