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CVE-2024-29898

4.9 · MEDIUM

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis.

Published Mar 28, 2024CWE-200EPSS 0.69%

Overview

CVE-2024-29898 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 28, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. An oversight during the writing of the patch for CVE-2024-29897 may have exposed suppressed wiki requests to private wikis that added Special:RequestWikiQueue to the read whitelist to users without the `(read)` permission. This vulnerability is fixed in 8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149c.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/commit/8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149cGitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mqGitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-5rcv-cf88-gv8vGitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/commit/8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149cGitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mqGitHubgithub.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-5rcv-cf88-gv8v

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29898?

CVE-2024-29898 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 28, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-29898?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-29898?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-29898?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2024-29898 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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