CVE-2023-29141 — HTTP Request Smuggling in Mediawiki

CWE-444 — HTTP Request Smuggling6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
MediawikiMediawiki CoreDebian Mediawiki+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 31

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Packagistmediawiki/core1.39.0 — 1.39.3+2
▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.39.4-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.36.0 — 1.38.6+2
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.35.11-1~deb11u1+3

Also affects: Fedora 37

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses↗2023-03-31
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OSV
X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses↗2023-03-31
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OSV
CVE-2023-29141: An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1↗2023-03-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
mediawiki: Auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header↗2023-03-31
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Debian
CVE-2023-29141: mediawiki - An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x befor...↗2023
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CVE-2023-29141 — HTTP Request Smuggling in Mediawiki | cvebase