Name: CVE-2021-36125: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-36125, CWE-835, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00275

An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Jul 9, 2021	Jul 2, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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