CVE-2022-28204

Published: Sep 19, 2022Modified: May 29, 2025

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Rendering of w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Property%3AP31&namespace=1&invert=1 can take more than thirty seconds. There is a DDoS risk.

Affected (1)

Products: Mediawiki: Mediawiki

Mediawiki

1 product

Mediawiki

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mediawiki Mediawiki	From 1.37.0 to 1.37.2

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (2)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

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