VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-29141
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-444
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_39/RELEASE-NOTES-1.39Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONWHGOBFD6CQAEGOP5O375XAP2N6RUHT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGK4NZPIJ5ET2ANRZOUYPCRIB5I64JR7/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5447
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_39/RELEASE-NOTES-1.39Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONWHGOBFD6CQAEGOP5O375XAP2N6RUHT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGK4NZPIJ5ET2ANRZOUYPCRIB5I64JR7/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5447
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.