Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-41799

Related Vulnerabilities

Liferay Portal Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2023-44310)

XWiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2023-46242)

WordPress Plugin YITH WooCommerce Order Tracking Security Bypass (1.2.10)

Ruby Interpretation Conflict Vulnerability (CVE-2021-33621)

SharePoint CVE-2021-40484 Vulnerability (CVE-2021-40484)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-41799 CWE-770 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities