Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-47927
CVE-2022-47927
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.
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Affected products
9- Range: <1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1
<1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: <1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.35.9
- 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 CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322637nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00011.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/nvd
- lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/UEMW64LVEH3BEXCJV43CVS6XPYURKWU3/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24nvd
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