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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-35197

CVE-2021-35197

Description

In MediaWiki before 1.31.15, 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.3, and 1.36.x before 1.36.1, bots have certain unintended API access. When a bot account has a "sitewide block" applied, it is able to still "purge" pages through the MediaWiki Action API (which a "sitewide block" should have prevented).

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.31.15
    • (no CPE)range: <1.31.15, 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.3, and 1.36.x before 1.36.1
  • Debian/linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • MediaWiki/MediaWikidescription
  • Range: <1.31.15, 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.3, and 1.36.x before 1.36.1
  • osv-coords
    Range: < 1.31.15

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