CVE-2021-36126
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. If the MediaWiki:Abusefilter-blocker message is invalid within the content language, the filter user falls back to the English version, but that English version could also be invalid on a wiki. This would result in a fatal error, and potentially fail to block or restrict a potentially nefarious user.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-mediawiki-2021-361262024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. If the MediaWiki:Abusefilter-blocker message is invalid within the content language, the filter user falls back to the English version, but that English version could also be invalid on a wiki. This would result in a fatal error, and potentially fail to block or restrict a potentially nefarious user.
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references (9)
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- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22Patchcnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9e9f44b7663e810de70fb9ac7f6760f83dd4895bcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36126cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284364cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021070908cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9e9f44b7663e810de70fb9ac7f6760f83dd4895benisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284364enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9e9f44b7663e810de70fb9ac7f6760f83dd4895bPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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