ghsa-5vj8-g3qg-4qh6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-03-31 21:30
Modified
2024-11-01 22:02
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.39.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.39.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.38.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.38.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.35.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-29141"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-444"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-11-01T22:02:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-31T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-5vj8-g3qg-4qh6",
  "modified": "2024-11-01T22:02:38Z",
  "published": "2023-03-31T21:30:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29141"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/REL1_39/RELEASE-NOTES-1.39"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00029.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONWHGOBFD6CQAEGOP5O375XAP2N6RUHT"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGK4NZPIJ5ET2ANRZOUYPCRIB5I64JR7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285159"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5447"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.35#MediaWiki_1.35.10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.38#MediaWiki_1.38.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.39#MediaWiki_1.39.3"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses"
}


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