| Name | CVE-2021-41801 |
| Description | 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) |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4979-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | bullseye | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1:1.39.12-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.43.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - mediawiki <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced later)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279090