BIT-mediawiki-2021-36125

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/mediawiki/BIT-mediawiki-2021-36125.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-mediawiki-2021-36125
Aliases
Published
2024-03-06T11:11:39.810Z
Modified
2025-01-17T15:26:01.971Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the CentralAuth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36. The Special:GlobalRenameRequest page is vulnerable to infinite loops and denial of service attacks when a user's current username is beyond an arbitrary maximum configuration value (MaxNameChars).

Database specific
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:bitnami/mediawiki

Severity

  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
1.36.0