vulnerability
Arch Linux: Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-2022-28201)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 19, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 19, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2022-28201
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-28201
- https://blog.legoktm.com/2022/07/03/a-belated-writeup-of-cve-2022-28201-in-mediawiki.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-32655
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297571
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246
- CWE-674
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-32655
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