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CVE-2022-28201 json

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.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2022-28201 , EUVD-2022-32655

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami mediawiki 1.35.6, 1.36.4, 1.37.2
  • mediawiki mediawiki 1.35.6, 1.36.4, 1.37.2
  • mediawiki Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.35.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28201

  • mediawiki Arch Linux 1.38.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2823

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • blog.legoktm.com https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mediawiki
<1.35.6
>=1.36.0, <1.36.4
>=1.37.0, <1.37.2
1.35.6
1.36.4
1.37.2

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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