ReplaceText Extension up to 1.41 on MediaWiki Replace Job access control

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A vulnerability was found in ReplaceText Extension up to 1.41 on MediaWiki. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Replace Job Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-41801. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in ReplaceText Extension up to 1.41 on MediaWiki. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Replace Job Handler. 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 weakness was disclosed 10/11/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-41801 since 09/29/2021. 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• ReplaceText Extension

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41

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