Description

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.

Remediation

References

CVE-2022-28203

Related Vulnerabilities

Ruby Other Vulnerability (CVE-2016-2336)

PHP Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability (CVE-2022-37454)

WordPress Plugin Simple Events Calendar SQL Injection (1.4.0)

WebLogic Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Vulnerability (CVE-2018-10237)

Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Vulnerability (CVE-2008-5515)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-28203 CWE-763 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities