CVE-2022-28201

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Users with the editinterface permission can trigger infinite recursion, because a bare local interwiki is mishandled for the mainpage message.

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-09-19 21:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:29

NVD link : CVE-2022-28201

Mitre link : CVE-2022-28201

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-28201

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

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