Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie54f366986056c876eade0fcad6c41f70b8b8de8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239466Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/48Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4592Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie54f366986056c876eade0fcad6c41f70b8b8de8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239466Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/48Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4592Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 11, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified