High severity · published Apr 21, 2022
CVE-2022-29547
The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CR
Createredirect · Mediawiki
before 2022-04-14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29547
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29547
Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567
Issue Tracking
https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061
Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306174