CVE-2024-34506

An issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. If a user with the necessary rights to move the page opens Special:MovePage for a page with tens of thousands of subpages, then the page will exceed the maximum request time, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/	Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/	Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Jun 2025, 16:40

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Fedoraproject Mediawiki mediawiki Fedoraproject fedora Mediawiki
References	~~() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/ -~~	() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/ - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760 -~~	() https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

Information

Published : 2024-05-05 19:15

Updated : 2025-06-17 16:40

NVD link : CVE-2024-34506

Mitre link : CVE-2024-34506

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-34506

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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