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MediaWiki: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2023-45371)

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MediaWiki: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2023-45371)

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
10/16/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Wikibase extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. There is no rate limit for merging items.

Solution(s)

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

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