MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 MassEditRegex cross-site request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is the function MassEditRegex. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-46147. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.4/1.36.2/1.37.0 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function MassEditRegex. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity.

The weakness was presented 01/10/2022. The advisory is shared for download at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-46147 since 01/07/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.35.5, 1.36.3 or 1.37.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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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