MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 Private Wiki access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Private Wiki Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-44858. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Private Wiki Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was published 12/20/2021. The advisory is available at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-44858 since 12/13/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.35.5, 1.36.3 or 1.37.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mediawiki.org.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

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
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.36
• 1.36.0
• 1.36.1
• 1.36.2
• 1.37.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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