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CVE-2021-44856

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.3)—

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A title blocked by AbuseFilter can be created via Special:ChangeContentModel due to the mishandling of the EditFilterMergedContent hook return value.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Mediawiki — Mediawiki

CWEs

References

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