CVE-2022-41765 json
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3.
published 2022-12-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2022-41765 , EUVD-2022-44936
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.
Patch / fix
- bitnami mediawiki 1.35.8, 1.37.5, 1.38.3
- mediawiki mediawiki 1.35.8, 1.37.5, 1.38.3
- mediawiki Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.35.8-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41765
- mediawiki Arch Linux 1.38.3-1
arch linux advisories AVG-2823
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309894 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2022-41765 updated
mediawiki: HTMLUserTextField exposes existence of hidden users
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 mediawikiaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | mediawiki | <1.35.8 >=1.36.0, <1.37.5 >=1.38.0, <1.38.3 |
1.35.8 1.37.5 1.38.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
References
-
phabricator.wikimedia.org
/T309894
issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory, web
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202305-24
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41765
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-41765
- NVD CVE-2022-41765
- OSV BIT-mediawiki-2022-41765
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