CVE-2022-28201

Severity Score

4.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha detectado un problema en MediaWiki versiones anteriores a 1.35.6, 1.36.x anteriores a 1.36.4 y 1.37.x anteriores a 1.37.2. Los usuarios con el permiso editinterface pueden desencadenar una recursión infinita, porque un interwiki local desnudo es manejado inapropiadamente para el mensaje de la página principal

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 4.4

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-03-30 CVE Reserved
2022-09-19 CVE Published
2024-05-10 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571	2022-11-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246	2022-11-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				< 1.35.6 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " < 1.35.6"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.36.0 < 1.36.4 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.36.0 < 1.36.4"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.37.0 < 1.37.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.37.0 < 1.37.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected