CVE-2021-35197

Name
CVE-2021-35197
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).
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
CONFIRM https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YR3X4L2CPSEJVSY543AWEO65TD6APXHP/
MISC https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280226
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4979
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/
Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* mediawiki >= None < 1.31.15
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* mediawiki >= 1.32.0 < 1.35.3
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* mediawiki >= 1.36.0 < 1.36.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status