YesWiki before 4.6.7 contains an algorithmic-complexity denial of service in the wakka.php formatter due to an O(n^2) markdown-link regex. Unauthenticated attackers can submit a small crafted body of bracket characters to the page-edit preview endpoint to pin PHP-FPM workers and saturate the pool.
History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description YesWiki before 4.6.7 contains an algorithmic-complexity denial of service in the wakka.php formatter due to an O(n^2) markdown-link regex. Unauthenticated attackers can submit a small crafted body of bracket characters to the page-edit preview endpoint to pin PHP-FPM workers and saturate the pool.
Title YesWiki before 4.6.7 ReDoS via wakka.php Edit-Preview Endpoint
First Time appeared Yeswiki
Yeswiki yeswiki
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:yeswiki:yeswiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Yeswiki
Yeswiki yeswiki
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-02T11:38:25.069Z

Updated: 2026-10-02T14:50:11.572Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T00:53:58.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-104454

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T14:49:49.847Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-02T12:17:17.160

Modified: 2026-10-02T15:17:07.570

Link: CVE-2026-104454

cve-icon Redhat

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