CVE-2024-34506
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.5
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affected products (10)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1022MediaWiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff zu starten, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
- BIT-mediawiki-2024-345062025-06-18vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-34506cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-34506/cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/enisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/nvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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