CVE-2021-36126 | BDVDB-2026-156342 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284364
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9e9f44b7663e810de70fb9ac7f6760f83dd4895b

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.