What is CVE-2021-42049?

CVE-2021-42049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-42049?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mediawiki

CVE-2021-42049

An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Oversighters cannot undo revisions or oversight on pages where they suppressed information (such as PII). This allows oversighters to whitewash revisions.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42049?: CVE-2021-42049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-42049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.