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Debian: CVE-2021-45038: mediawiki -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Dec 17, 2021

Added

Nov 4, 2022

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

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. By using an action=rollback query, attackers can view private wiki contents.

Solution

debian-upgrade-mediawiki

References

CVE-2021-45038
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-45038
CWE-200
DEBIAN-DSA-5021-1
EUVD-EUVD-2021-31835
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-31835

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