weirdgloop mediawiki-extensions-Bucket up to 0.x on MediaWiki recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in weirdgloop mediawiki-extensions-Bucket up to 0.x on MediaWiki. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes recursion. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-61766. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in weirdgloop mediawiki-extensions-Bucket up to 0.x on MediaWiki. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Bucket is a MediaWiki extension to store and retrieve structured data on articles. Prior to version 1.0.0, infinite recursion can occur if a user queries a bucket using the `!=` comparator. This will result in PHP's call stack limit exceeding, and/or increased memory consumption, potentially leading to a denial of service. Version 1.0.0 contains a patch for the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-61766 since 09/30/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mediawiki-extensions-Bucket 1.0.0

Timelineinfo

09/30/2025 CVE reserved
10/06/2025 +6 days Advisory disclosed
10/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-61766 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-61766
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327283

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2025 19:10
Changes: 10/06/2025 19:10 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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