MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-01T21:50:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE",
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"cwe_ids": [
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],
"nvd_published_at": "2021-10-11T08:15:00Z"
}