CVE-2021-36125
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
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).
How to fix CVE-2021-36125
To remediate CVE-2021-36125, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/mediawiki—upgrade to 1.36.1 or later
Is CVE-2021-36125 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.36.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |