Vulnerability in Mediawiki
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mediawiki
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28201?
- CVE-2022-28201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-09-19.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28201?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.