High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 21, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-29547
CVE-2022-29547
Description
The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:createredirect:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:createredirect:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*range: <2022-04-14
- (no CPE)range: <2022-04-14
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CreateRedirect/+/780567nvdVendor Advisory
- phabricator.miraheze.org/T9061nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306174nvdVendor Advisory
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