Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29969
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mediawiki package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The RSS extension before 2022-04-29 for MediaWiki allows XSS via an rss element (if the feed is in $wgRSSUrlWhitelist and $wgRSSAllowLinkTag is true).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29969 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29969 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29969 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307028 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/787807 x_refsource_MISC