Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-30152

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2021-30152 CWE-732 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities