CVE-2021-30152

mediawiki: action=protect lets users with 'protect' permission protect to higher protection level

Published Apr 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2648-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2648-2 mediawiki regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4889-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-17088 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:24 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 9, 2021, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:49 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 22, 2020, 12:00 AM