What is CVE-2024-28865?

CVE-2024-28865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Django-Wiki, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-28865?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28865 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Django-Wiki

CVE-2024-28865

django-wiki is a wiki system for Django. Installations of django-wiki prior to version 0.10.1 are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop. Version 0.10.1 fixes this issue. As a workaround, close off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Django-wiki — versions < 0.10.1
Django-wiki_project Django-wiki

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28865?: CVE-2024-28865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Django-Wiki, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-28865?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28865 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.