| Name | CVE-2021-35197 |
| Description | In MediaWiki before 1.31.15, 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.3, and 1.36.x before 1.36.1, bots have certain unintended API access. When a bot account has a "sitewide block" applied, it is able to still "purge" pages through the MediaWiki Action API (which a "sitewide block" should have prevented). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | stretch | 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u9 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (security) | 1:1.31.14-1~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid | 1:1.35.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mediawiki | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - mediawiki <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until next 1.35.x release)
[buster] - mediawiki <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until next 1.31.x release)
[stretch] - mediawiki <postponed> (Minor issue, include in next update)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YR3X4L2CPSEJVSY543AWEO65TD6APXHP/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280226