CVE-2021-41801

published 2021-10-11

CVE-2021-41801: The ReplaceText extension through 1.41 for MediaWiki has Incorrect Access Control. When a user is blocked after submitting a replace job, the job is still run…

Priority P3 46 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

The ReplaceText extension through 1.41 for MediaWiki has Incorrect Access Control. When a user is blocked after submitting a replace job, the job is still run, even if it may be run at a later time (due to the job queue backlog)

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mediawiki	< mediawiki 1:1.35.4-1 (bookworm)	mediawiki 1:1.35.4-1 (bookworm)
mediawiki	mediawiki	< 1.31.16	1.31.16
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1	1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1	1:1.35.4-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1	1:1.35.4-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1	1:1.35.4-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 1.35.0 < 1.35.4	1.35.4
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 1.36.0 < 1.36.2	1.36.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 8.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 8.8 HIGH

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