CVE-2024-29898

Name: CVE-2024-29898
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2024-03-28T14:15:14.783+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.69%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-29898 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. An oversight during the writing of the patch for CVE-2024-29897 may have exposed suppressed wiki requests to private wikis that added Special:RequestWikiQueue to the read whitelist to users without the `(read)` permission. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. An oversight during the writing of the patch for CVE-2024-29897 may have exposed suppressed wiki requests to private wikis that added Special:RequestWikiQueue to the read whitelist to users without the `(read)` permission. This vulnerability is fixed in 8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

6.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Probability

0.69%

48.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Miraheze	Createwiki	< 2024-03-27

References

https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/commit/8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149cPatch
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mqNot Applicable
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-5rcv-cf88-gv8vPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/commit/8f8442ed5299510ea3e58416004b9334134c149cPatch
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mqNot Applicable
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-5rcv-cf88-gv8vPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 28, 2024
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-29898?

How severe is CVE-2024-29898?

CVE-2024-29898 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29898?

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Source: NVD / NIST