CVE-2022-34912

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.

CVSS v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308473	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N5ZBWLNNPZKFK7Q4KEHGCJ2YELQEUJP/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKKOQXPYLMBSEVDHFS32BPBR3ZQJKY5B/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

Information

Published : 2022-07-02 13:15

Updated : 2022-10-27 07:09

NVD link : CVE-2022-34912

Mitre link : CVE-2022-34912

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

mediawiki

mediawiki

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