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Debian: CVE-2021-41801: mediawiki -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-41801: mediawiki -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2021
Created
11/30/2021
Added
11/29/2021
Modified
11/29/2021

Description

The ReplaceText extension through 1.41 for MediaWiki has Incorrect Access Control. When a user is blocked after submitting a replace job, the job is still run, even if it may be run at a later time (due to the job queue backlog)

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mediawiki

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