Denial of service via regular expression
Impact
All historical installations of django-wiki are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content, that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop.
Patches
Workarounds
Close off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.
References
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Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | wiki | < 0.10.1 | 0.10.1 |
References
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28865
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/8e280fd6c0bd27ce847c67b2d216c6cbf920f88c
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki
- https://pypi.org/project/wiki
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1333- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
wiki- Disclosed
- 18.03.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 15:17
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2049 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: wiki
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 2
- First → latest
- 11.2021 03.2024
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 1
- Medium 1
Disclosures per year
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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