Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CirrusSearch Extension allows HTTP DoS.This issue affects Mediawiki - CirrusSearch Extension: from master before 1.43.
Published: 2025-10-18
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Vendors & Products Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

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Description Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CirrusSearch Extension allows HTTP DoS.This issue affects Mediawiki - CirrusSearch Extension: from master before 1.43.
Title DoS vector through the cirrusbuilddoc query API
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}

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Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-20T16:02:54.874Z

Reserved: 2025-10-18T04:03:51.880Z

Link: CVE-2025-62666

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-20T16:02:51.952Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-18T05:15:34.200

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-62666

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Updated: 2025-10-20T13:21:34Z

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