Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-29906

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The admin API module in the QuizGame extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before 665e33a68f6fa1167df99c0aa18ed0157cdf9f66) omits a check for the quizadmin user.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302199 x_refsource_MISC
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/QuizGame/+/765651 x_refsource_MISC