CVE-2024-53299: Apache Wicket: An attacker can intentionally trigger a memory leak

January 23, 2025 (updated March 11, 2025)

The request handling in the core in Apache Wicket 7.0.0 on any platform allows an attacker to create a DOS via multiple requests to server resources. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 9.19.0 or 10.3.0, which fixes this issue.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cxr-76pm-j3wf
github.com/apache/wicket
lists.apache.org/thread/gyp2ht00c62827y0379lxh5dbx3hhho5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53299
wicket.apache.org/news/2025/01/31/wicket-8.17.0-released.html

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