VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-45363
It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded loop and RequestTimeoutException) when querying pages redirected to other variants with redirects and converttitles set.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 22.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in ApiPageSet.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded loop and RequestTimeoutException) when querying pages redirected to other variants with redirects and converttitles set.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 22.70% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00027.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333050Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5520Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00027.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T333050Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5520Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.