MediaWiki up to 1.38.2 Community Configuration Pages denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in MediaWiki up to 1.38.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Community Configuration Pages. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-39194. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.38.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Community Configuration Pages. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the MediaWiki through 1.38.2. The community configuration pages for the GrowthExperiments extension could cause a site to become unavailable due to insufficient validation when certain actions (including page moves) were performed.

The weakness was presented 09/02/2022. The advisory is shared for download at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-39194 since 09/02/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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10/11/2022 +39 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-39194 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-39194
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207788

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2022 14:48
Updated: 10/11/2022 14:43
Changes: 09/02/2022 14:48 (38), 10/11/2022 14:43 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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