MediaWiki up to 1.37.1 AntiSpoof Extension permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MediaWiki up to 1.37.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AntiSpoof Extension. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-28209. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.37.1 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component AntiSpoof Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/30/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at gerrit.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-28209 since 03/30/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-2022-32663). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

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05/16/2026 +1508 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: gerrit.wikimedia.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28209 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28209
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-196067
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2022 12:44
Updated: 05/16/2026 16:25
Changes: 03/30/2022 12:44 (37), 04/01/2022 12:27 (1), 05/16/2026 16:25 (15)
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