What is CVE-2023-22909?

CVE-2023-22909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-22909?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mediawiki

CVE-2023-22909

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. SpecialMobileHistory allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service because database queries are slow.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Mediawiki — versions 1.39.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22909?: CVE-2023-22909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-22909?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.