CVE-2018-25246

HIGH

Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Wikipedia 12.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the search bar to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by 0xB9 · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45324

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (1)
Wikipedia/Wikipedia 12.0
Published Apr 04, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 05, 2026