CVE-2021-30159

mediawiki: users can bypass intended restrictions on deleting pages in certain "fast double move" situations

Published Apr 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 it's 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.

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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-2021-17095 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 it's 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.
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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
Apr 8, 2021, 12:00 AM