What is CVE-2023-45372?

CVE-2023-45372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-45372?

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

Vulnerability in Mediawiki

CVE-2023-45372

An issue was discovered in the Wikibase extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. During item merging, ItemMergeInteractor does not have an edit filter running (e.g., AbuseFilter).

EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th 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:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki — versions 1.40.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45372?: CVE-2023-45372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-45372?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.