CVE-2021-36125

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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory () 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


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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')