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
Published Sep 19, 2022
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
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 products
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Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 10.0
- 11.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 34.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 30.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00027) | 4.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 35.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 24.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 16.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 20, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.35th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html | ExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html | mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571 | PatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246 | vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory |
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