CVE-2018-25246Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search
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Wikipedia 12.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the search bar to trigger an application crash.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-306
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Apr 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Wikipedia Wikipedia wikipedia:wikipedia (from the name) | 12.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45324exploit
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/wikipedia/9wzdncrfhwm4?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtabproduct
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