vulnerability
MediaWiki: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2021-36125)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 2, 2021 | Jul 9, 2021 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 2, 2021
Added
Jul 9, 2021
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
Description
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).
Solution
mediawiki-upgrade-latest
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