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CVE-2022-47927

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39...

5.5 MediumFix available

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Down 0.6 points since Jan 12, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
CVE-2022-47927
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
CVE-2022-47927
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-50663 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
EUVD-2022-50663
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv3p-jvhj-v4jc 5.5

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39...

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
GHSA-wv3p-jvhj-v4jc
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
CVE-2022-47927
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-47927 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47927
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-47927 5.5

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47927
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mediawiki-2022-47927 No score

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. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

Record
BIT-mediawiki-2022-47927
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2023-0204 No score

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An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data (CVE-2022-47927).

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9. SpecialMobileHistory allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service because database queries are slow (CVE-2023-22909).

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9. E-Widgets does widget replacement in HTML attributes, which can lead to XSS, because widget authors often do not expect that their widget is executed in an HTML attribute context (CVE-2023-22911).

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header (CVE-2023-29141).

OATHAuth allows replay attacks when MediaWiki is configured without ObjectCache; Insecure Default Configuration (T330086).

Record
MGASA-2023-0204
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mediawiki
Bitnami
before 1.35.9, 1.36.0 up to 1.38.5, 1.39.0 up to 1.39.1
1.35.91.38.51.39.1
mediawiki
Debian:12
before 1:1.39.1-1
1:1.39.1-1
mediawiki
Debian:13
before 1:1.39.1-1
1:1.39.1-1
mediawiki
Debian:14
before 1:1.39.1-1
1:1.39.1-1
mediawiki
Debian:10
before 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u5, plus listed versions
1:1.31.10-1~deb10u11:1.31.12-1~deb10u11:1.31.14-1~deb10u11:1.31.16-1+deb10u21:1.31.16-1+deb10u3
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1:1.31.16-1+deb10u41:1.31.16-1~deb10u11:1.31.2-11:1.31.4-11:1.31.4-1~deb10u11:1.31.5-11:1.31.5-21:1.31.5-31:1.31.6-11:1.31.6-1~deb10u11:1.31.7-11:1.31.7-1~deb10u11:1.31.8-1
1:1.31.16-1+deb10u5
mediawiki
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.35.10-1.mga8
1.35.10-1.mga8
mediawiki
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.27.3-11:1.27.4-11:1.27.4-21:1.27.4-3
None known
mediawiki
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.31.2-1ubuntu11:1.31.5-11:1.31.5-1ubuntu11:1.31.5-21:1.31.5-3
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1:1.31.5-3ubuntu11:1.31.6-11:1.31.7-11:1.31.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
mediawiki
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.35.3-11:1.35.4-11:1.35.5-11:1.35.5-1ubuntu11:1.35.5-1ubuntu21:1.35.5-1ubuntu31:1.35.6-11:1.35.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, factsOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-47927 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Mediawiki, published January 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1.35.9.

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