CVE-2021-44854 — Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information in Mediawiki

CWE-524 — Use of Cache Containing Sensitive InformationCWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-668 — Resource Exposure5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedDec 26

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. The REST API publicly caches results from private wikis.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.35.5-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.36.0 — 1.36.3+2
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2021-44854: An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1↗2022-12-26
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GHSA
GHSA-w4mm-gfhc-2p52: An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1↗2022-12-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
mediawiki: Rest API incorrectly publicly caches results from private wikis↗2022-12-26
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Debian
CVE-2021-44854: mediawiki - An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1....↗2021
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CVE-2021-44854 — Mediawiki vulnerability | cvebase