CVE-2018-25246
Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Apr 4, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 4, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WikipediaWikipedia |
|
References
- ExploitDB-45324exploit
- Product Referenceproduct
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