#VU74378 Resource exhaustion in wagtail - CVE-2023-28837
Published: April 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74378
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28837
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
wagtail
wagtail
Software vendor:
Torchbox
Torchbox
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote administrator can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/cfa11bbe00dbe7ce8cd4c0bbfe2a898a690df2bf
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v4.2.2
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c0c64642b9e5b8d28b111263c7f4bddad6c3880
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-33pv-vcgh-jfg9
- https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/settings.html#wagtailimages-max-upload-size
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/c9d2fcd650a88d76ae122646142245e5927a9165
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/d4022310cbe497993459c3136311467c7ac6329a
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v4.1.4