CVE-2022-28201
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:38 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMediaWiki
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.35.61.36.0 ≤ v < 1.36.41.37.0 ≤ v < 1.37.2
Affected range stops below 1.35.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.36.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.37.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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