CVE-2021-30152

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270713Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 9, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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