CVE-2021-45038

Publication date 17 December 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

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. By using an action=rollback query, attackers can view private wiki contents.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mediawiki 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


sbeattie

include upstream dda5355c0ee804c94ff371a8a16c4a2a8e4436bd as a prerequisite to the fix for this CVE to make it apply more cleanly. introduced in 0a8403271109 (v1.33.0)

Patch details

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Package Patch details
mediawiki

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N