CVE-2021-32774 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in DataDump

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can forge requests to generate or delete wiki dumps in the DataDump MediaWiki extension, requiring a patch or disabling the extension.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-32774?

CVE-2021-32774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in miraheze DataDump, published on 20 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

DataDump is a MediaWiki extension that provides dumps of wikis. Prior to commit 67a82b76e186925330b89ace9c5fd893a300830b, DataDump had no protection against CSRF attacks so requests to generate or delete dumps could be forged. The vulnerability was patched in commit 67a82b76e186925330b89ace9c5fd893a300830b. There are no known workarounds. You must completely disable DataDump.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32774?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Miraheze Datadump.

How do I fix CVE-2021-32774?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32774 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-32774 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-29mh-4vhv-x8mr.

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