CVE-2021-42049

An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Oversighters cannot undo revisions or oversight on pages where they suppressed information (such as PII). This allows oversighters to whitewash revisions.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286884	Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4d95220ef414337147235f7ebedc9b945c3348e3	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2022-09-28 20:15

Updated : 2022-09-30 09:58

NVD link : CVE-2021-42049

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42049

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

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