CVE-2023-29141

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5447

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGK4NZPIJ5ET2ANRZOUYPCRIB5I64JR7/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONWHGOBFD6CQAEGOP5O375XAP2N6RUHT/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00029.html

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_39/RELEASE-NOTES-1.39

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-31

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H