CVE-2020-26121

HIGH

MediaWiki < 1.34.4 - Incorrect Authorization in FileImporter Extension

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension for MediaWiki before 1.34.4. An attacker can import a file even when the target page is protected against "page creation" and the attacker should not be able to create it. This occurs because of a mishandled distinction between an upload restriction and a create restriction. An attacker cannot leverage this to overwrite anything, but can leverage this to force a wiki to have a page with a disallowed title.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262628

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora 33
mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.34.4
Published Sep 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026