Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/editpage/IntroMessageBuilder.Php, includes/Permissions/PermissionManager.Php, includes/Permissions/RestrictionStore.Php.
This issue affects MediaWiki: before 1.42.6, 1.43.1.
Weakness
The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediawiki | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Mediawiki | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Mediawiki | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Mediawiki | Ubuntu | upstream | * |