CVE-2023-22912 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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. CheckUser TokenManager insecurely uses AES-CTR encryption with a repeated (aka re-used) nonce, allowing an adversary to decrypt.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.39.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.39.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.39.0:rc1::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315123

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T15:13:11.169Z

Reserved: 2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22912

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.456Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-20T18:15:10.417

Modified: 2025-04-03T16:15:32.100

Link: CVE-2023-22912

Redhat

No data.

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