vulnerability
MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2022-28202)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 30, 2022 | Apr 7, 2022 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 30, 2022
Added
Apr 7, 2022
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
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.
Solutions
mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_6mediawiki-upgrade-1_36_4mediawiki-upgrade-1_37_2
References
- CVE-2022-28202
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-28202
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-32656
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-32656
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PT4CHJKOQOVMI65TSNZRNV6FIWU7SGZD/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297543
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246
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