medium6.1
CVE-2019-19709
Possible to circumvent title-blacklist
Impact
MediaWiki through 1.33.1 allows attackers to bypass the Title_blacklist protection mechanism by starting with an arbitrary title, establishing a non-resolvable redirect for the associated page, and using redirect=1 in the action API when editing that page.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | mediawiki/core | >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.6 | 1.31.6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mediawiki | Mediawiki | through 1.33.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 9.0, 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie54f366986056c876eade0fcad6c41f70b8b8de8
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239466
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/48
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4592
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjv5-vv93-p648
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19709
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-19709.yaml