MediaWiki up to 1.37.1 CentralAuth Extension privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.37.1. This affects an unknown part of the component CentralAuth Extension. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-28205. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MediaWiki up to 1.37.1 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component CentralAuth Extension. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was released 03/30/2022. The advisory is available at gerrit.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-28205 since 03/30/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-32659). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: gerrit.wikimedia.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-196066
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2022 12:40
Updated: 05/16/2026 15:15
Changes: 03/30/2022 12:40 (35), 04/01/2022 12:20 (1), 05/16/2026 15:15 (16)
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