CVE-2022-28201
MEDIUM4.4EPSS 0.07%Published: 9/19/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Bitnami/mediawikifrom 0, < 1.35.6, >= 1.36.0, < 1.36.4, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.2
- Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28201
- WEBhttps://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28201
- WEBhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246