CVE-2021-36132

An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. For certain relaxed configurations of the $wgFileImporterRequiredRight variable, it might not validate all appropriate user rights, thus allowing a user with insufficient rights to perform operations (specifically file uploads) that they should not be allowed to perform.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.0 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-07-02 13:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:13

NVD link : CVE-2021-36132

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36132

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36132

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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