CVE-2023-22945 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2023-22945?

CVE-2023-22945 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the GrowthExperiments extension for MediaWiki through 1.39, the growthmanagementorlist API allows blocked users (blocked in ApiManageMentorList) to enroll as mentors or edit any of their mentorship-related properties.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22945?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including mediawiki. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22945?

Upgrade mediawiki to 1.39.1 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-22945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-mediawiki-2023-22945, GHSA-p28r-f42x-qmm2.