CVE-2022-28203

high

Description

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297731

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-19

Updated: 2022-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H