CVE-2021-44858

mediawiki: information disclosure

Published Dec 20, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. It is possible to use action=edit&undo= followed by action=mcrundo and action=mcrrestore to view private pages on a private wiki that has at least one page set in $wgWhitelistRead.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2847-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5021-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-31661 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. It is possible to use action=edit&undo= followed by action=mcrundo and action=mcrrestore to view private pages on a private wiki that has at least one page set in $wgWhitelistRead.
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:32 AM
Reserved
Dec 13, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 20, 2021, 9:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:12 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 16, 2021, 12:00 AM