CVE-2021-30152

MEDIUM

MediaWiki <1.31.13, 1.32-1.35.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 59.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.31.13
Published Apr 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026