CVE-2022-29906

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2022-29906 · Published 29/04/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-29906 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting mediawiki (mediawiki).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mediawiki mediawiki	`≤ 1.37.2`	No fix yet

Description

The admin API module in the QuizGame extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before 665e33a68f6fa1167df99c0aa18ed0157cdf9f66) omits a check for the quizadmin user.

References

gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/QuizGame/+/765651 · Vendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302199 · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

mediawiki

≤ 1.37.2

No fix yet

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