CVE-2022-29547
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 21, 2022 at 12:57 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:40 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCreateredirect
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Createredirect· Mediawikimediawiki
95%v < 2022-04-14
Affected range stops below 2022-04-14, 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:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276
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