CVE-2023-29139

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. When a user with checkuserlog permissions makes many CheckUserLog API requests in some configurations, denial of service can occur (RequestTimeoutException or upstream request timeout).

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293	Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293	Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Feb 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 - Patch~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 - Patch
CWE		CWE-400

21 Nov 2024, 07:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 - Patch~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 - Patch

11 Apr 2023, 06:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Mediawiki mediawiki Mediawiki
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
References	~~(MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 -~~	(MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326293 - Patch

31 Mar 2023, 19:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-03-31 19:15

Updated : 2025-02-14 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-29139

Mitre link : CVE-2023-29139

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29139

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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