VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-25246
CVSS score8.7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-04
Last modified2026-07-21
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
Wikipedia 12.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the search bar to trigger an application crash.
Weakness classification
- CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function