CVE-2022-28203

published 2022-09-19

CVE-2022-28203: A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting…

Priority P3 35 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	mediawiki	< mediawiki 1:1.35.6-1 (bookworm)	mediawiki 1:1.35.6-1 (bookworm)
mediawiki	mediawiki	< 1.35.6	1.35.6
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1	1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.6-1	1:1.35.6-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.6-1	1:1.35.6-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.6-1	1:1.35.6-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 1.36.0 < 1.36.4	1.36.4
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 1.37.0 < 1.37.2	1.37.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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