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CVE-2021-36125
An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.
Impact
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).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mediawiki | Mediawiki | through 1.36 |