CVE-2023-45363: MediaWiki Denial of Service vulnerability

high Affects mediawiki/core. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2023-10-09; advisory modified 2024-10-30.

MediaWiki Denial of Service vulnerability

Package: mediawiki/core Composer
Affected versions: <1.35.12 or >=1.36.0 and <1.39.5 or >=1.40.0 and <1.40.1
Fixed in: 1.35.12, 1.39.5, 1.40.1
Severity: high CVSS 7.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 24% (97.8th percentile)
Published: 2023-10-09
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-835

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