Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. A parser function related to loop control allowed for an infinite loop (and php-fpm hang) within the Loops extension because egLoopsCountLimit is mishandled. This could lead to memory exhaustion.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287347
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I0caf6f129f94612b5bcf406a171aa5ffedea1f80
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
55.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (1)
mediawiki/mediawiki
< 1.36.2
Published
Oct 06, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026