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CVE-2021-41799

CVSS v3.1 7.5 (High)
75% Progress
CVSS v2.0 5 (Medium)
50% Progress
EPSS 0.39 % (74th)
0.39% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 6
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2021-10-11 08:15:06
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 03:39:00
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Fedoraproject

Mediawiki

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mediawiki prior 1.36.2 version cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki < 1.36.2

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Fedoraproject Fedora 33 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33
  Fedoraproject Fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34
  Fedoraproject Fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35