CVE-2015-6736 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the MediaWiki Quiz extension by submitting regex metacharacters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6736?
CVE-2015-6736 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quiz Project Quiz.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-6736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6c8v-9pp2-cm9x.