Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2025
CVE-2024-53299
The request handling in the core in Apache Wicket 7.0.0 on any platform allows an attacker to create a DOS via multiple requests to server resources
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The request handling in the core in Apache Wicket 7.0.0 on any platform allows an attacker to create a DOS via multiple requests to server resources.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 9.19.0 or 10.3.0, which fixes this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wicket · Apache
7.0.0 through 7.18.0; 8.0.0 through 8.16.0; 9.0.0 before 9.19.0; 10.0.0 before 10.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53299
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53299
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gyp2ht00c62827y0379lxh5dbx3hhho5
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/12
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