CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-31554
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. It improperly handled account blocks for certain automatically created MediaWiki user accounts, thus allowing nefarious users to remain unblocked.
Affected configurations
• mediawiki mediawiki (<= 1.35.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie1f4333d5b1c9d17fb2236fe38a31de427a4cc48 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272244 Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie1f4333d5b1c9d17fb2236fe38a31de427a4cc48 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272244 Third Party Advisory