VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-28203
A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.23% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-763
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297731Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297731Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.