CVE-2023-35925: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

June 23, 2023 (updated July 3, 2023)

FastAsyncWorldEdit (FAWE) is designed for efficient world editing. This vulnerability enables the attacker to select a region with the Infinity keyword (case-sensitive!) and executes any operation. This has a possibility of bringing the performing server down. This issue has been fixed in version 2.6.3.

References

github.com/IntellectualSites/FastAsyncWorldEdit/pull/2285
github.com/IntellectualSites/FastAsyncWorldEdit/releases/tag/2.6.3
github.com/IntellectualSites/FastAsyncWorldEdit/security/advisories/GHSA-whj9-m24x-qhhp
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35925

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