5.3

CVE-2023-22909: fedoraproject fedora

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-22909
Published 10-01-2023Last modified 07-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-22909 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% 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
0.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2023-0204

Timeline

  1. 10-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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. SpecialMobileHistory allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service because database queries are slow.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.87% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.87%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Fedoraproject1 product
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawikiEOL< 1.35.9 | ≥ 1.36.0, < 1.38.5 | 1.39.0 | 1.39.0:rc0 | 1.39.0:rc1
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawikiAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links