MediaWiki up to 1.35.5/1.36.3/1.37.1 Mainpage Message recursion
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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.5/1.36.3/1.37.1 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Mainpage Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 09/20/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at blog.legoktm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-28201 since 03/30/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 1.35.6, 1.36.4 or 1.37.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-209105.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploiting
Class: RecursionCWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Remote: Partially
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.35.6/1.36.4/1.37.2
Timeline
03/30/2022 🔍09/20/2022 🔍
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10/21/2022 🔍
Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: DLA 3117-1
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-28201 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/20/2022 09:41Updated: 10/21/2022 08:45
Changes: 09/20/2022 09:41 (40), 10/21/2022 08:40 (1), 10/21/2022 08:45 (11)
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