CVE-2021-30152

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 09 Apr 2021, 06:08
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 22:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
27/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.37% LOW
0% probability -0.15%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Apr 2021, 06:08
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 22:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.37%• Percentile: 59%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-269•Improper Privilege Management

    The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    33 | 34

  • mediawiki•mediawiki

    < 1.31.13 | ≥ 1.32.0, < 1.35.2

References (7)