High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-26121
CVE-2020-26121
Description
An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension for MediaWiki before 1.34.4. An attacker can import a file even when the target page is protected against "page creation" and the attacker should not be able to create it. This occurs because of a mishandled distinction between an upload restriction and a create restriction. An attacker cannot leverage this to overwrite anything, but can leverage this to force a wiki to have a page with a disallowed title.
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Affected products
5- MediaWiki/FileImporterdescription
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <1.34.4
Patches
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References
4- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ib852a96afc4dca10516d0510e69c10f9892b351bnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262628nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/nvd
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