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MediaWiki: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2023-45363)

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MediaWiki: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2023-45363)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/09/2023
Created
10/16/2023
Added
10/16/2023
Modified
11/30/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_12
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_39_5

References

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