Vulnerability CVE-2021-41799
Published: 2021-10-11

Description:
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.

Type:

CWE-770

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Mediawiki -> Mediawiki 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290394
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/
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