Description

An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-36125

Related Vulnerabilities

WordPress Plugin User Profile Builder-Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor Security Bypass (3.11.8)

Moodle Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2079)

WordPress Plugin Contact Form 7 Datepicker Cross-Site Scripting (2.6.0)

WordPress Plugin Link Optimizer Lite Cross-Site Request Forgery (1.4.5)

WordPress Plugin BuddyStream Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (2.6.2)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-36125 CWE-835 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities