Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-28201 (CCN-236659)

Assigned:2021-12-12
Published:2021-12-12
Updated:2022-11-03
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
3.9 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-674
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-28201

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve202228201-dos(236659)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20220922 [SECURITY] [DLA 3117-1] mediawiki security update

Source: CCN
Type: Phabricator T297571
CVE-2022-28201: Title::newMainPage() goes into an infinite recursion loop if it points to a local interwiki

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-5246

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Source: CCN
Type: Mend Vulnerability Database
CVE-2022-28201

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.35.6)
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.36.0 and < 1.36.4)
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.37.0 and < 1.37.2)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.35.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.36.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    mediawiki mediawiki *
    mediawiki mediawiki *
    mediawiki mediawiki *
    debian debian linux 10.0
    debian debian linux 11.0
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.35.5
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.36.3
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.37.1