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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-28204

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.37.x before 1.37.2.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.87%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). 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 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Rendering of w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Property%3AP31&namespace=1&invert=1 can take more than thirty seconds. There is a DDoS risk.

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
0.87% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
mediawiki/mediawiki
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.