CVE-2024-34506 json
An issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1.
published 2024-05-05 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2024-34506 , EUVD-2024-34832
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. If a user with the necessary rights to move the page opens Special:MovePage for a page with tens of thousands of subpages, then the page will exceed the maximum request time, leading to a denial of service.
Patch / fix
- bitnami mediawiki 1.41.1
- mediawiki mediawiki 1.41.1
- mediawiki Debian 12 1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1
- mediawiki Debian 14, Debian 13 1:1.39.7-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-34506
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-34506 updated cvss 5.3
mediawiki: denial of service
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 mediawikiaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- phabricator.wikimedia.org https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | mediawiki | <1.41.1 |
1.41.1 |
Affected products
- mediawiki mediawiki
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
phabricator.wikimedia.org
/T357760
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory, web
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory, web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34506
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-34506
- NVD CVE-2024-34506
- OSV BIT-mediawiki-2024-34506
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