CVE-2024-34502 Affecting mediawiki package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MEDIAWIKI-6825979
- published9 May 2024
- disclosed5 May 2024
Introduced: 5 May 2024
CVE-2024-34502 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 mediawiki.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in WikibaseLexeme in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. Loading Special:MergeLexemes will (attempt to) make an edit that merges the from-id to the to-id, even if the request was not a POST request, and even if it does not contain an edit token.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-34502
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme/+/1013359
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357101