CVE-2023-22909 json
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1.
published 2023-01-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2023-22909 , EUVD-2023-27011
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. SpecialMobileHistory allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service because database queries are slow.
Patch / fix
- bitnami mediawiki 1.35.9, 1.38.5, 1.39.1
- mediawiki mediawiki 1.35.9, 1.38.5
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320987 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-2023-22909 updated cvss 5.3
MediaWiki: Remote DoS
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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
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% 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:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | mediawiki | <1.35.9 >=1.36.0, <1.38.5 >=1.39.0, <1.39.1 |
1.35.9 1.38.5 1.39.1 |
References
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phabricator.wikimedia.org
/T320987
issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory, web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/
vendor-advisory, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22909
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-22909
- NVD CVE-2023-22909
- OSV BIT-mediawiki-2023-22909
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