6.5

CVE-2021-31553

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.2. MediaWiki usernames with trailing whitespace could be stored in the cu_log database table such that denial of service occurred for certain CheckUser extension pages and functionality. For example, the attacker could turn off Special:CheckUserLog and thus interfere with usage tracking.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Mediawiki ≫ Mediawiki Version <= 1.35.2
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.67% 0.706
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 6.5 3.9 2.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
nvd@nist.gov 6.4 10 4.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.