Description
A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
Published: 2022-09-19
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3117-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5246-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-32657 A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00144}

epss

{'score': 0.00153}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:48:37.549Z

Reserved: 2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-19T21:15:09.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:56:56.920

Link: CVE-2022-28203

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses