Resource exhaustion in MediaWiki

CVE-2022-28204

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Rendering of w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Property%3AP31&namespace=1&invert=1 can take more than thirty seconds. There is a DDoS risk.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-28204: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28204?
CVE-2022-28204 is a high-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-28204?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.