Improper Access Control Affecting mediawiki/core package, versions >=1.32.0, <1.35.2<1.31.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MEDIAWIKICORE-1244520
  • published9 Apr 2021
  • disclosed9 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-30152  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mediawiki/core to version 1.35.2, 1.31.13 or higher.

Overview

mediawiki/core is a Free software wiki application developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and others.

Note: This package is not maintained on Packagist anymore, but newer releases exist.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

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