What is CVE-2021-36132?

CVE-2021-36132 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-36132?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mediawiki

CVE-2021-36132

An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. For certain relaxed configurations of the $wgFileImporterRequiredRight variable, it might not validate all appropriate user rights, thus allowing a user with insufficient rights to perform operations (specifically file uploads) that they should not be allowed to perform.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

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-2021-36132?: CVE-2021-36132 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-36132?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.