Description
An issue was discovered in ApiPageSet.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded loop and RequestTimeoutException) when querying pages redirected to other variants with redirects and converttitles set.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.1103
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
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
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
mediawiki/core
0 - 1.35.12Packagist
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.40.0
mediawiki/mediawiki
< 1.35.12
Published
Oct 09, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026