MediaWiki: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CVE-2022-47927)

MediaWiki: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CVE-2022-47927)

Severity

5

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Published

01/12/2023

Created

01/24/2023

Added

01/23/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

• mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_9
• mediawiki-upgrade-1_38_5

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2022-47927
• CVE - 2022-47927
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00011.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/UEMW64LVEH3BEXCJV43CVS6XPYURKWU3/
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322637
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24