GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-5vj8-g3qg-4qh6 X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-29141
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- mediawiki/core
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-444
- Reviewed
- 2024-11-01
Affected packages
• Packagist mediawiki/core: >= 1.39.0, < 1.39.3 → fixed in 1.39.3
• Packagist mediawiki/core: >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.6 → fixed in 1.38.6
• Packagist mediawiki/core: < 1.35.10 → fixed in 1.35.10
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-29141 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29141 advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_39/RELEASE-NOTES-1.39 web
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki package
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00029.html web
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ONWHGOBFD6CQAEGOP5O375XAP2N6RUHT web
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZGK4NZPIJ5ET2ANRZOUYPCRIB5I64JR7 web
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159 web
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5447 web
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.35#MediaWiki_1.35.10 web
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.38#MediaWiki_1.38.6 web
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.39#MediaWiki_1.39.3 web