CVE-2024-28865
Installations of django-wiki prior to version 0.10.1 are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
django-wiki is a wiki system for Django. Installations of django-wiki prior to version 0.10.1 are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop. Version 0.10.1 fixes this issue. As a workaround, close off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.
- 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
- 0.61% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- django-wiki project/django-wiki
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/8e280fd6c0bd27ce847c67b2d216c6cbf920f88cPatch
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8hVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/8e280fd6c0bd27ce847c67b2d216c6cbf920f88cPatch
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8hVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.