CVE-2023-22945 — Incorrect Authorization in Mediawiki

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedJan 11

Description

In the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39, the growthmanagementorlist API allows blocked users (blocked in ApiManageMentorList) to enroll as mentors or edit any of their mentorship-related properties.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages1 packages

Also affects: Fedora 37

Patches

Patch: gerrit.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: phabricator.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: gerrit.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-p28r-f42x-qmm2: In the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1↗2023-01-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
mediawiki: GrowthExperiments growthmanagementorlist API allows blocked users to enroll as mentors↗2023-01-11
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