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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-29905

CVE-2022-29905: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The FanBoxes extension for MediaWiki through version 1.37.2 (before commit 027ffb0b9d6fe0d823810cf03f5b562a212162d4) contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Special:UserBoxes functionality. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 29, 2022 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network exploitable, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The scope is unchanged, and it can lead to low impact on integrity with no impact on confidentiality or availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions through CSRF attacks on the Special:UserBoxes functionality. The impact is primarily on the integrity of the system, though limited in scope (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in commit 027ffb0b9d6fe0d823810cf03f5b562a212162d4. Users should upgrade their MediaWiki FanBoxes extension to a version containing this fix (Wikimedia Gerrit).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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