VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-29547
This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.00%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- mediawiki/createredirect
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306174Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306174Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.