Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-34750 (CCN-229890)

Assigned:2022-05-18
Published:2022-05-18
Updated:2022-07-07
Summary:An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.38.1. The lemma length of a Wikibase lexeme is currently capped at a thousand characters. Unfortunately, this length is not validated, allowing much larger lexemes to be created, which introduces various denial-of-service attack vectors within the Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme extensions. This is related to Special:NewLexeme and Special:NewProperty.
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
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-770
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-34750

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve202234750-dos(229890)

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I8171bfef73e525d73efa60b407ce147130ea4742

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Id89a9b08e40f075d2d422cafd03668dff3ce7fc9

Source: CCN
Type: Phabricator T308659
Validate lemma length in Special:NewLexeme(Alpha) and label/description/aliases length in Special:NewProperty

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308659

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.38.1)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    mediawiki mediawiki *