CVE-2024-34506
mediawiki - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
Description
An issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. If a user with the necessary rights to move the page opens Special:MovePage for a page with tens of thousands of subpages, then the page will exceed the maximum request time, leading to a denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2024-34506
To remediate CVE-2024-34506, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.41.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2024-34506 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.41.1
- from 0, < 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2
- from 0, < 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-34506
- WEBlists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
- WEBlists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
- WEB