Manual:$wgProhibitedFileExtensions

Files and file uploads: $wgProhibitedFileExtensions
Files with these extensions will never be allowed as uploads.
Introduced in version:	1.37.0 (Gerrit change 680806; git #4dae3b1a)
Removed in version:	still in use
Allowed values:	(array)
Default value:	(see below)
Other settings: Alphabetical \| By function

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Files with these extensions will never be allowed as uploads.

$wgProhibitedFileExtensions overrides $wgFileExtensions , so you must remove an extension from the blacklist before you can upload files that have it. For instance, to allow users to upload executables, add this to LocalSettings.php :

$wgFileExtensions[] = 'exe';
$wgProhibitedFileExtensions = array_diff(
    $wgProhibitedFileExtensions,
    [ 'exe' ] 
);
$wgMimeTypeExclusions = array_diff(
    $wgMimeTypeExclusions, 
    [ 'application/x-msdownload' ]
);

This configuration parameter used previously was wgFileBlacklist .

Default values

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.37

/**
 * Files with these extensions will never be allowed as uploads.
 * An array of file extensions to blacklist. You should append to this array
 * if you want to blacklist additional files.
 */
$wgProhibitedFileExtensions = [
	# <translate nowrap><!--T:10--> HTML may contain cookie-stealing JavaScript and web bugs</translate>
	'html', 'htm', 'js', 'jsb', 'mhtml', 'mht', 'xhtml', 'xht',
	# <translate nowrap><!--T:11--> PHP scripts may execute arbitrary code on the server</translate>
	'php', 'phtml', 'php3', 'php4', 'php5', 'phps', 'phar',
	# <translate nowrap><!--T:12--> Other types that may be interpreted by some servers</translate>
	'shtml', 'jhtml', 'pl', 'py', 'cgi',
	# <translate nowrap><!--T:13--> May contain harmful executables for Windows victims</translate>
	'exe', 'scr', 'dll', 'msi', 'vbs', 'bat', 'com', 'pif', 'cmd', 'vxd', 'cpl'
];

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