CVE-2026-0668
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - VisualData Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects MediaWiki - VisualData Extension: 1.45.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0035MediaWiki Erweiterungen: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki-Erweiterungen ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (16)
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- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4ff2737c9f0ba805267d1fc8296e7cff61241ee3cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I893a9fca694a2613e29e149dea2d76d7f06063e5cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie08d9a8ceb2c9a22a635cfc27964353f14072dbfcnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ifbf9c2ade621226e14fe852f3217293772bf8bb8cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T387008cnnvd
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualDataPatchcnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I4ff2737c9f0ba805267d1fc8296e7cff61241ee3enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I893a9fca694a2613e29e149dea2d76d7f06063e5enisa_euvd
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