High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-36132
CVE-2021-36132
Description
An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. For certain relaxed configurations of the $wgFileImporterRequiredRight variable, it might not validate all appropriate user rights, thus allowing a user with insufficient rights to perform operations (specifically file uploads) that they should not be allowed to perform.
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Affected products
5- MediaWiki/FileImporterdescription
- Range: <=1.36
- Range: <=1.36
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8ff2a67abd2c118a3469e4410eac2a451bfa76c3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280590nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
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