Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting mediawiki-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.94% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-MEDIAWIKIDOC-12245214
  • published30 Aug 2025
  • disclosed22 Jun 2021

Introduced: 22 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-35197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 mediawiki-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki-doc package and not the mediawiki-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1