# CVE-2020-26121: An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension for MediaWiki before 1.34.4.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the FileImporter extension for MediaWiki before 1.34.4. An attacker can import a file even when the target page is protected against "page creation" and the attacker should not be able to create it. This occurs because of a mishandled distinction between an upload restriction and a create restriction. An attacker cannot leverage this to overwrite anything, but can leverage this to force a wiki to have a page with a disallowed title.

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## References

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=454609892#File:Wiki.png
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262628
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ib852a96afc4dca10516d0510e69c10f9892b351b
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/

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