CVE-2023-29139

Published Mar 31, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. When a user with checkuserlog permissions makes many CheckUserLog API requests in some configurations, denial of service can occur (RequestTimeoutException or upstream request timeout).
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DEA20A42-6E1A-4DA2-8869-A49894256285",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.39.3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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