QID 997058

Date Published: 2024-02-02

QID 997058: PHP (Composer) Security Update for mediawiki/core (GHSA-c8wv-qwwc-6j73)

MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Github security advisory GHSA-c8wv-qwwc-6j73 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 997058

    CVE-2021-41800 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-c8wv-qwwc-6j73 mediawiki/core URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-c8wv-qwwc-6j73
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