Handler on Duty: Jan Kopriva
Threat Level: green
| Published | 2026-04-04 20:16:18 |
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| Last Modified | 2026-04-04 20:16:18 |
| AKA | CVE-2018-25246 |
| Summary | Wikipedia 12.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the search bar to trigger an application crash. |
| Access Vector | Local | Adjacent | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Complexity | Low | Medium | High |
| Authentication | None | Single | Multiple |
| Confidentiality | None | Partial | Complete |
| Integrity | None | Partial | Complete |
| Availability | None | Partial | Complete |