Growth Extension up to 1.36.2 on MediaWiki SecurePoll access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Growth Extension up to 1.36.2 on MediaWiki. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SecurePoll. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-42045. There is not any exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Growth Extension up to 1.36.2 on MediaWiki and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component SecurePoll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in SecurePoll in the Growth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Simple polls allow users to create alerts by changing their User-Agent HTTP header and submitting a vote.

The weakness was released 09/29/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-42045 since 10/06/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/06/2021 🔍
09/29/2022 +358 days 🔍
09/29/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/25/2022 +26 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gerrit.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-42045 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-42045
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209731

Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2022 08:29 AM
Updated: 10/25/2022 08:30 AM
Changes: 09/29/2022 08:29 AM (38), 10/25/2022 08:30 AM (9)
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