CVE-2021-30159 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote Yes
Type Access restriction bypass
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. Users can bypass intended restrictions on deleting pages in certain "fast double move" situations. MovePage::isValidMoveTarget() uses FOR UPDATE, but it's only called if Title::getArticleID() returns non-zero with no special flags. Next, MovePage::moveToInternal() will delete the page if getArticleID(READ_LATEST) is non-zero. Therefore, if the page is missing in the replica DB, isValidMove() will return true, and then moveToInternal() will unconditionally delete the page if it can be found in the master.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-1775 mediawiki 1.35.1-2 1.35.2-1 Medium Fixed
References
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272386
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/5c295d9c037c3a30ede5333ffbdf4413dd03097e%5E%21/