MediaWiki up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 ApiPageSet.php denial of service

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in MediaWiki up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0. This affects an unknown part of the file ApiPageSet.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-45363. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file ApiPageSet.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 10/09/2023. The advisory is shared for download at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-45363 since 10/09/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:ApiPageSet.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.35.12, 1.39.5 or 1.40.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-2825). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.35.5
• 1.35.6
• 1.35.7
• 1.35.8
• 1.35.9
• 1.35.10
• 1.35.11
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.40.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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