Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-28204 (CCN-236657)

Assigned:2021-12-14
Published:2021-12-14
Updated:2022-09-21
Summary: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 v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
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:N/UI:R/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:N/UI:R/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): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
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-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-28204

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve202228204-dos(236657)

Source: CCN
Type: Phabricator T297754
CVE-2022-28204: Whatlinkshere of heavily used properties in wikidata can be easily utilized as a DDoS vector

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Source: CCN
Type: Mend Vulnerability Database
CVE-2022-28204

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

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    mediawiki mediawiki *
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.37.0 -