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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2021-45038)

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MediaWiki: Information Exposure (CVE-2021-45038)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/17/2021
Created
12/28/2021
Added
12/23/2021
Modified
03/07/2024

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(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_5
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_36_3
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_37_1

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