Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-6736
CVE-2015-6736
Description
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:quiz_project:quiz:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05nvd
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