CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-36132

An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. For certain relaxed configurations of the $wgFileImporterRequiredRight variable, it might not validate all appropriate user rights, thus allowing a user with insufficient rights to perform operations (specifically file uploads) that they should not be allowed to perform.

6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590 Exploit Patch
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2021-07-02 01:15

Updated : 2021-07-07 03:34

NVD link : CVE-2021-36132

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36132

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-863