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CVE-2022-28204

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2022 at 08:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MediaWiki· Mediawiki
95%
1.37.0 ≤ v < 1.37.2
Affected range stops below 1.37.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-400

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