CVE-2022-28204

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Rendering of w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Property%3AP31&namespace=1&invert=1 can take more than thirty seconds. There is a DDoS risk.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297754	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

29 May 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

21 Nov 2024, 06:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-09-19 21:15

Updated : 2025-05-29 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-28204

Mitre link : CVE-2022-28204

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-28204

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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