CVE-2021-36125

An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).
References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 Patch Vendor Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-07-02 06:15

Updated : 2021-07-07 10:10


NVD link : CVE-2021-36125

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36125


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki