VWE-2018-4625 Printable Version

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  pegasus
  on August 27, 2018

Common Name None
VWE-ID VWE-2018-4625
Related Report None
Severity HIGH
Exploit Difficulty NORMAL
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Denial of Service Amplification. A distributed attack that posts comments to a single wiki discussion may be able to achieve denial of service due to a flaw in the quick reply handler.

Discovered July 27, 2018
Resolved August 27, 2018
Patches Available 4.0.23 Patch Level 2
4.0.22 Patch Level 4
4.0.21 Patch Level 5
4.0.20 Patch Level 8
4.0.19 Patch Level 11
Workaround In the Wiki admin panel, go to Permissions > Usergroups, and make sure that any usergroups that could potentially include large numbers of users do not have permission to post new comments.
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Common Name	None
VWE-ID	VWE-2018-4625
Related Report	None
Severity	HIGH
Exploit Difficulty	NORMAL
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Denial of Service Amplification. A distributed attack that posts comments to a single wiki discussion may be able to achieve denial of service due to a flaw in the quick reply handler.
Discovered	July 27, 2018
Resolved	August 27, 2018
Patches Available	4.0.23 Patch Level 2 4.0.22 Patch Level 4 4.0.21 Patch Level 5 4.0.20 Patch Level 8 4.0.19 Patch Level 11
Workaround	In the Wiki admin panel, go to Permissions > Usergroups, and make sure that any usergroups that could potentially include large numbers of users do not have permission to post new comments.