Medium severity · published Mar 30, 2022
CVE-2022-28202
An XSS issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2
6.1
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. The widthheight, widthheightpage, and nbytes properties of messages are not escaped when used in galleries or Special:RevisionDelete.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
before 1.35.6; 1.36.0 before 1.36.4; 1.37.0 before 1.37.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28202
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28202
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PT4CHJKOQOVMI65TSNZRNV6FIWU7SGZD/
Issue Tracking
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297543
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246
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