GHSA-WJ85-W4F4-XH8H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-18 20:37 – Updated: 2024-03-19 18:30
VLAI
Summary
Denial of service via regular expression
Details

Impact

All historical installations of django-wiki are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content, that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop.

Patches

Workarounds

Close off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "wiki"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.10.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-28865"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-03-18T20:37:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-18T22:15:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nAll historical installations of django-wiki are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content, that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop.\n\n### Patches\n\n\n\n### Workarounds\n\nClose off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n",
  "id": "GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h",
  "modified": "2024-03-19T18:30:57Z",
  "published": "2024-03-18T20:37:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28865"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/8e280fd6c0bd27ce847c67b2d216c6cbf920f88c"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Denial of service via regular expression"
}



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