Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-28201
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mediawiki package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Users with the editinterface permission can trigger infinite recursion, because a bare local interwiki is mishandled for the mainpage message.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28201 |
| Debian:13 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28201 |
| Debian:14 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28201 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28201 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28201 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28201 |