CVE-2021-36125 | BDVDB-2026-156341 Detail

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).

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260865
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I97d8b3236b5abed8ba9a9c4d3ab5050c2e782c22

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12021-07-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-04Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.