CVE-2022-28202

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297543 patch vendor advisory issue tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PT4CHJKOQOVMI65TSNZRNV6FIWU7SGZD/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-28202?
CVE-2022-28202 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-28202?
To fix CVE-2022-28202, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-28202 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-28202 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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