Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search

Description

A vulnerability was found in Wikipedia 12.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function Search. The manipulation results in missing authentication. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
wikimedia foundation	wikipedia	12.0

References

Related News (1 articles)

Tier C

VulDB10h ago

CVE-2018-25246 | Wikipedia 12.0 search missing authentication (Exploit 45324)

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CVSS 3.17.5 HIGH

VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA KEV❌ No

Actively exploited✅ Yes

CWECWE-306

PublishedApr 4, 2026

Last enriched10h agov2

Trending Score45

Source articles1

Independent1

Info Completeness8/14

Missing: cvss, epss, kev, patch, iocs, mitre_attack

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Version History

Last enriched 10h ago

v2Tier C10h ago

Updated severity to CRITICAL, added that an exploit is available, and provided a more detailed description of the vulnerability.

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