Input validation error in MediaWiki - CVE-2013-4570
Published: May 12, 2014 / Updated: April 10, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41695
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4570
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki
MediaWiki
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to converting Lua data structures to PHP, as demonstrated by passing { [{}] = 1 } to a module function.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4570
Install update from vendor's website.