# CVE-2020-36649: mediawiki: A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x

CVE-2020-36649 is fixed in mediawiki on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36649, released January 11, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36649
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.5 (high)
- EPSS: 0.0143
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Jan 11, 2023

## Description

A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file papaparse.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 5.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218004.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | mediawiki Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 1:1.39.4-1~deb12u1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36649](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36649.md) | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Linux | mediawiki Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:1.39.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36649](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36649.md) | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Linux | mediawiki Debian 14 | 1:1.39.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36649](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2020-36649.md) | Jan 11, 2023 |

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