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CVE-2023-29139

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Published: Mar 31, 2023Modified: Feb 14, 2025

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. When a user with checkuserlog permissions makes many CheckUserLog API requests in some configurations, denial of service can occur (RequestTimeoutException or upstream request timeout).

Affected (1)

Products: Mediawiki: Mediawiki
Mediawiki
1 product
Mediawiki
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mediawiki
Up to 1.39.3

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (3)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Patch

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