High (7.5). EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)