CVE-2021-36125

High

Description

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).

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMediawiki
PublishedJul 2, 2021
First seenJul 2, 2021

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mediawiki mediawikiv ≤ 1.36—

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