Medium severity · published Jan 12, 2023
CVE-2022-47927
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
before 1.35.9; 1.36.0 before 1.38.5; 1.39.0; 1.39.0; 1.39.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47927
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47927
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00011.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/
lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/UEMW64LVEH3BEXCJV43CVS6XPYURKWU3/
Exploit
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322637
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
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