CVE-2022-24813 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in CreateWiki
Attackers can bypass authentication to post anonymous comments on wiki requests by sending direct POST requests to the CreateWiki extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-24813?
CVE-2022-24813 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in miraheze CreateWiki, published on 4 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. Without the patch for this issue, anonymous comments can be made using Special:RequestWikiQueue when sent directly via POST. A patch for this issue is available in the `master` branch of CreateWiki's GitHub repository.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24813?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Miraheze Createwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24813?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-24813 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24813 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in miraheze CreateWiki
- CVE-2024-47781 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Special:RequestWikiQueue when displaying sitename in CreateWiki
- CVE-2024-29898 Oversight in fix for GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mq may have exposed suppressed wiki requests on private wikis
- CVE-2024-29883 CreateWiki's wiki request suppression ignores the suppression settings set by the suppressor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xvw-w66v-prvg.