Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-42049
CVE-2021-42049
Description
An issue was discovered in the Translate extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Oversighters cannot undo revisions or oversight on pages where they suppressed information (such as PII). This allows oversighters to whitewash revisions.
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Affected products
4- Range: <=1.36.2
- MediaWiki/Translate extensiondescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4d95220ef414337147235f7ebedc9b945c3348e3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286884nvdPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
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