High severity · published Nov 20, 2019
CVE-2013-1816
MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted request
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted request.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
18 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
before 1.19.4; 1.20.0 before 1.20.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1816
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/4
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58306
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1816
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88360
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1816
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