CVE-2022-34750

Published Jun 28, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.38.1. The lemma length of a Wikibase lexeme is currently capped at a thousand characters. Unfortunately, this length is not validated, allowing much larger lexemes to be created, which introduces various denial-of-service attack vectors within the Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme extensions. This is related to Special:NewLexeme and Special:NewProperty.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-37698 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.38.1. The lemma length of a Wikibase lexeme is currently capped at a thousand characters. Unfortunately, this length is not validated, allowing much larger lexemes to be created, which introduces various denial-of-service attack vectors within the Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme extensions. This is related to Special:NewLexeme and Special:NewProperty.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:22 AM
Reserved
Jun 28, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 28, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:50 AM