CVE catalog

CVE-2023-45363

mediawiki: CVE-2023-45363

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 8, 2023, 10:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 23.78% · Oct 25, 2026

An issue was discovered in ApiPageSet.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded loop and RequestTimeoutException) when querying pages redirected to other variants with redirects and converttitles set.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	mediawiki	sid	`1:1.43.11+dfsg-3`	fixed
Debian	mediawiki	forky	`1:1.43.11+dfsg-1`	fixed
Debian	mediawiki	trixie	`1:1.43.9+dfsg-1~deb13u1`	fixed
Debian	mediawiki	trixie-security	`1:1.43.9+dfsg-1~deb13u1`	fixed
Debian	mediawiki	bookworm	`1:1.39.17-1+deb12u2`	fixed
Debian	mediawiki	bookworm-security	`1:1.39.17-1+deb12u2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	mediawiki	source	sid	`1:1.39.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mediawiki	source	forky	`1:1.39.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mediawiki	source	trixie	`1:1.39.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mediawiki	source	bookworm	`1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]