Name: CVE-2021-41799: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-41799, CWE-770, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01701

MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Nov 29, 2021	Oct 11, 2021
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mediawiki135Upgrade mediawiki136Upgrade mediawiki131	Nov 4, 2022	Oct 1, 2021
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade www-apps/mediawiki.	May 23, 2023	Oct 11, 2021
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Nov 26, 2021	Oct 11, 2021

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CVSS Details

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