High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 5, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-34506

Description

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.

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Affected products

MediaWiki/Mediawiki3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.39.7
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <1.39.7, 1.40.x <1.40.3, 1.41.x <1.41.1
Fedoraproject/Fedora
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords
pkg:bitnami/mediawiki
Range: < 1.41.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357760nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/nvd

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