Infinite loop in MediaWiki - CVE-2022-28201

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Infinite loop in MediaWiki - CVE-2022-28201

Published: April 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61910
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28201
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the Title::newMainPage() function. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-28201

Install updates from vendor's website.

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