What is CVE-2021-36129?

CVE-2021-36129 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-36129?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mediawiki

CVE-2021-36129

An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Aggregategroups Action API module does not validate the parameter for aggregategroup when action=remove is set, thus allowing users with the translate-manage right to silently delete various groups' metadata.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36129?: CVE-2021-36129 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-36129?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.