Name: CVE-2021-44854: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Published: 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-44854, CWE-524, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00613

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. The REST API publicly caches results from private wikis.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	arch-linux-upgrade-latest	Jul 11, 2025	Dec 26, 2022
Debian	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-mediawiki	Nov 4, 2022	Nov 4, 2022
Freebsd	View advisory ↗	freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki135freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki136freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki137	Nov 4, 2022	Dec 21, 2021
Gentoo Linux	View advisory ↗	gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-apps-mediawiki	May 23, 2023	Dec 26, 2022
Mediawiki	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	mediawiki-upgrade-latest	Jan 5, 2023	Dec 26, 2022

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