Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-36125
CVE-2021-36125
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).
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Affected products
3- MediaWiki/CentralAuthdescription
- Range: <=1.36
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22mitrex_refsource_MISC
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865mitrex_refsource_MISC
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