CVE-2022-29547

high

Description

The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306174

https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-04-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00117