CVE-2021-44858

high

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. It is possible to use action=edit&undo= followed by action=mcrundo and action=mcrrestore to view private pages on a private wiki that has at least one page set in $wgWhitelistRead.

References

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297322

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-20

Updated: 2023-05-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High