5.3

CVE-2022-41765: mediawiki Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-41765DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41765
Published 26-12-2022Last modified 14-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-41765 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DLA-3148-1DSA-5246-1MGASA-2022-0370

Timeline

  1. 26-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.5, and 1.38.x before 1.38.3. HTMLUserTextField exposes the existence of hidden users.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.64% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.35.8-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki< 1.35.8 | ≥ 1.36.0, < 1.37.5 | ≥ 1.38.0, < 1.38.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawikiAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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