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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wikipedia Wikipedia affected
Version Status Constraints
12.0 affected —

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45324 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/wikipedia/9wzdncrfhwm4?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Wikipedia 12.0 Denial of Service via Search
Weaknesses CWE-306
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-04T19:59:56.491Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T13:20:57.565Z

Link: CVE-2018-25246

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-04T20:16:18.210

Modified: 2026-04-04T20:16:18.210

Link: CVE-2018-25246

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Weaknesses