Wikimedia Visual Data Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Wikimedia Visual Data Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-32076. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Wikimedia Visual Data Extension up to 1.43 on Mediawiki. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. 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:

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Visual Data Extension allows HTTP DoS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Visual Data Extension: from 1.39 through 1.43.

The weakness was published by Thomas-topway-it. The advisory is shared for download at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-32076 since 04/03/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

Name

• Visual Data Extension

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
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43

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