{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25246 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-25246 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wikipedia, published on 4 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25246 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-25246 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wikipedia, published on 4 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-25246 exists.\n\nAffected product: Wikipedia. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25246/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-25246","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25246/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-25246","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9gpg-5wc9-g6h7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Wikipedia web application","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can crash the Wikipedia web application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-306","name":"Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search","id":"CVE-2018-25246","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"MyBB Like Plugin 3.0.0 Cross-Site Scripting via User Profiles","id":"CVE-2018-25247"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"7 Tik 1.0.1.0 Denial of Service via Search","id":"CVE-2018-25245"},"products":["Wikipedia"],"published":"2026-04-04","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-06","vendors":["Wikipedia"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can crash the Wikipedia web application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25246/"}