CVE-2019-12473
HIGHMediaWiki 1.27.0-1.32.1 - Denial of Service via Invalid Title API Query
Title source: llmDescription
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
64.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mediawiki/core
1.27.0 - 1.27.6Packagist
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.27.0 - 1.27.6
Published
Jul 10, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026