CVE-2021-30159

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2

published April 9, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
74.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. Users can bypass intended restrictions on deleting pages in certain "fast double move" situations. MovePage::isValidMoveTarget() uses FOR UPDATE, but it's only called if Title::getArticleID() returns non-zero with no special flags. Next, MovePage::moveToInternal() will delete the page if getArticleID(READ_LATEST) is non-zero. Therefore, if the page is missing in the replica DB, isValidMove() will return true, and then moveToInternal() will unconditionally delete the page if it can be found in the master.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01519 · 74.4th percentile
Published
2021-04-09T06:12Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 06:12Z
    An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2
    cvelistv5