Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2021
CVE-2021-42049
An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Oversighters cannot undo revisions or oversight on pages where they suppressed information (such as PII). This allows oversighters to whitewash revisions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.36.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42049
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42049
Patch
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4d95220ef414337147235f7ebedc9b945c3348e3
Permissions Required
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286884
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