CVE-2023-22945

MEDIUM

MediaWiki GrowthExperiments < 1.39.0 - Incorrect Authorization in Mentor List Management

Title source: llm

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Id1b83fcd58eccb8b2dfea44a3ab2f72314860d88

Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321733

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Products (2)

fedoraproject/fedora 37

mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.39.0

Published Jan 11, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026