{"id":"CVE-2018-25246","title":"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","summary":"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 chara…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-306","CWE-1284"],"published":"2026-04-04","updated":"2026-07-21","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25246","references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45324","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/wikipedia/9wzdncrfhwm4?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-25246.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-25246"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455129"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25246"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25246"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00357,"epssPercentile":0.29269,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-21T16:51:41.703Z","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Exploit Intelligence","affected":["exploit_intelligence"],"slug":"CVE-2018-25246","body":"## Overview\n\nWikipedia 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Exploit Intelligence · no fix planned: Exploit Intelligence · updated 2026-09-28 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-25246.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}