CVE-2021-35197

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 advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-2779-1, DSA-4979-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mediawiki (PTS)	buster	1:1.31.16-1+deb10u2	fixed
	buster (security)	1:1.31.16-1+deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	1:1.39.1-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
mediawiki	source	stretch	1:1.27.7-1~deb9u10	DLA-2779-1
mediawiki	source	buster	1:1.31.16-1~deb10u1	DSA-4979-1
mediawiki	source	bullseye	1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1	DSA-4979-1
mediawiki	source	(unstable)	1:1.35.3-1

Notes

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YR3X4L2CPSEJVSY543AWEO65TD6APXHP/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280226