CVE-2022-28205 is a critical vulnerability affecting MediaWiki through version 1.37.1, specifically within the CentralAuth extension, due to improper handling of future-expiring group TTLs. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.37.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.