mediawiki is vulnerable to authorization bypass. When a bot account has a sitewide block
applied, it is to purge
pages through the MediaWiki Action API (which a “sitewide block” should have prevented).
github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/beedb3aa1c9e73de7df3913a36f2165a05b9ee3a
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/
lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/YR3X4L2CPSEJVSY543AWEO65TD6APXHP/
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280226
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35197
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4979