VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-41799

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-10-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references