CVE-2021-31552

Published Apr 22, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. It incorrectly executed certain rules related to blocking accounts after account creation. Such rules would allow for user accounts to be created while blocking only the IP address used to create an account (and not the user account itself). Such rules could also be used by a nefarious, unprivileged user to catalog and enumerate any number of IP addresses related to these account creations.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-18449 An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. It incorrectly executed certain rules related to blocking accounts after account creation. Such rules would allow for user accounts to be created while blocking only the IP address used to create an account (and not the user account itself). Such rules could also be used by a nefarious, unprivileged user to catalog and enumerate any number of IP addresses related to these account creations.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 11:03 PM
Reserved
Apr 22, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 22, 2021, 3:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:51 AM