Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A denial of service (resource consumption) can be accomplished by searching for a very long key in a Language Name Search.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-46149

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Moodle Other Vulnerability (CVE-2004-1711)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-46149 CWE-400 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities