CVE-2021-30152

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N