# CVE-2025-61766: Bucket vulnerable to infinite recursion when querying a bucket using the != operator

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2025-10-06 · Updated: 2025-10-06

## Affected

- weirdgloop mediawiki-extensions-Bucket: fixed in 1.0.0

## Description

Bucket is a MediaWiki extension to store and retrieve structured data on articles. Prior to version 1.0.0, infinite recursion can occur if a user queries a bucket using the `!=` comparator. This will result in PHP's call stack limit exceeding, and/or increased memory consumption, potentially leading to a denial of service. Version 1.0.0 contains a patch for the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on weirdgloop mediawiki-extensions-Bucket, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/weirdgloop/mediawiki-extensions-Bucket/security/advisories/GHSA-r9f2-4jh3-659j
- https://github.com/weirdgloop/mediawiki-extensions-Bucket/commit/6f4a71d531cb802cdb991d2a4ca7bf8fb691defd
- https://github.com/weirdgloop/mediawiki-extensions-Bucket/blob/ad704120a1660b5929fb5825db1cf85c9c77acf4/includes/Expression/MemberOfExpression.php#L34

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