vulnerability
MediaWiki: CVE-2021-45471: Vulnerability in MediaWiki
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 24, 2021 | Jan 4, 2022 | May 6, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 24, 2021
Added
Jan 4, 2022
Modified
May 6, 2026
Description
In MediaWiki through 1.37, blocked IP addresses are allowed to edit EntitySchema items.
Solution
mediawiki-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-45471
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-45471
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Iac86cf63bd014ef99e83dccfce9b8942e15d2bf9
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Id9af124427bcd1e85301d2140a38bf47bbc5622c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7JNQA53K675TQBBJPZRAG5ZT6XES3IS/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296578
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-32237
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-32237
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