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Vulnerability · Published Jan 12, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-47927

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect permission assignment in the mediawiki package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12mediawiki1:1.39.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47927
Debian:13mediawiki1:1.39.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47927
Debian:14mediawiki1:1.39.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47927

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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