Overview
- Description
- MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-770
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E151A08F-6DFB-4D6E-82CD-000CCF6581F3",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.36.2"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E460AA51-FCDA-46B9-AE97-E6676AA5E194"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A930E247-0B43-43CB-98FF-6CE7B8189835"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "80E516C0-98A4-4ADE-B69F-66A772E2BAAA"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]