CVE-2021-44856 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2021-44856

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mediawiki
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.36.0, 1.37.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 26th, 2022
Last Modified: April 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.