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CVE-2021-36126

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2021-07-02 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the AbuseFilter extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. If the MediaWiki:Abusefilter-blocker message is invalid within the content language, the filter user falls back to the English version, but that English version could also be invalid on a wiki. This would result in a fatal error, and potentially fail to block or restrict a potentially nefarious user.

Affected Platforms

Mediawiki Mediawiki

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References