What is CVE-2023-29139?

CVE-2023-29139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-29139?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mediawiki

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).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29139?: CVE-2023-29139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-29139?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.