Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.35.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-MEDIAWIKI-11760794
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed19 Sept 2022

Introduced: 19 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-28201  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 mediawiki to version 1:1.35.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. Users with the editinterface permission can trigger infinite recursion, because a bare local interwiki is mishandled for the mainpage message.

CVSS Base Scores

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