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

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-763 CVE-2022-28203