Medium

Wallabag vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

  • Disclosed: 10.07.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability was found in wallabag 2.5.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /config of the component Profile Config. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to allocation of resources. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-233359. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package wallabag/wallabag <= 2.5.4 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Platform
Composer
Package
wallabag/wallabag
Disclosed
10.07.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6qq7-3hqc-p5w4 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: wallabag/wallabag

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (12) in the archive
Total entries
12
First → latest
05.2022 04.2025
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 12

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 9
  3. 2024: 1
  4. 2025: 1
  5. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-0737 < 2.5.4 2.5.4
  2. Medium · 4.3 ghsa-56fm-hfp3-x3w3 >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.6.7 2.6.7
  3. Medium · 5.7 CVE-2023-4454 >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  4. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-4455 >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  5. Wallabag vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-3566 <= 2.5.4 no fix
  6. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-0734 < 2.5.4 2.5.4
  7. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-0735 < 2.5.4 2.5.4
  8. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2023-0736 < 2.5.4 2.5.4
  9. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2023-0610 >= 2.0.0-beta.1, < 2.5.3 2.5.3
  10. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-0609 >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.5.3 2.5.3
  11. Medium · 4.0 CVE-2018-11352 >= 2.2.3, < 2.3.3 2.3.3

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