CVE Vulnerability

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.

4.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

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://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571 Patch Vendor Advisory
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://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-09-19 09:15

Updated : 2022-11-03 08:43

NVD link : CVE-2022-28201

Mitre link : CVE-2022-28201

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion