High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-46149
CVE-2021-46149
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A denial of service (resource consumption) can be accomplished by searching for a very long key in a Language Name Search.
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Affected products
4- MediaWiki/MediaWikidescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ide32704cca578b9aecbce34bdcc0ac25c2a09a4dnvdThird Party Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T293749nvdThird Party Advisory
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