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CVE-2019-12473

Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by queryi

Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.0046
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

5
mediawiki>= 1.27.0 and < 1.27.6
mediawiki>= 1.30.0 and < 1.30.2
mediawiki>= 1.31.0 and < 1.31.2
mediawiki>= 1.32.0 and < 1.32.2
debian linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist mediawiki/core HIGH fixed in 1.27.6
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD10 Jul 2019 · 04:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460Third Party Advisory
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