HIGH7.5
GHSA-33xw-x3pr-rvqj
Wikimedia Potential DOS due to slow WatchedItemStore::countVisitingWatchersMultiple
Quick fix
GHSA-33xw-x3pr-rvqj — mediawiki/core: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.27.6Details
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
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Affected packages
Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.27.0Fixed in: 1.27.6Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.27.6Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.30.0Fixed in: 1.30.2Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.30.2Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.31.0Fixed in: 1.31.2Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.31.2Packagist/mediawiki/core
Introduced in:
1.32.0Fixed in: 1.32.2Fix
composer require mediawiki/core:^1.32.2References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12473[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12473.yaml[WEB]
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html[WEB]
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729[WEB]
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460[WEB]