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).
References
Link | Resource |
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https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 06:13
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2021-07-02 13:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 06:13
NVD link : CVE-2021-36125
Mitre link : CVE-2021-36125
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36125
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki
CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')