CVE-2021-30155

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. ContentModelChange does not check if a user has correct permissions to create and set the content model of a nonexistent page.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.45%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270988 patch exploit vendor advisory issue tracking
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-30155?
CVE-2021-30155 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-30155?
To fix CVE-2021-30155, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-30155 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-30155 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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