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CVE-2023-22912 (GCVE-0-2023-22912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-03 15:13
VLAI
Summary
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. CheckUser TokenManager insecurely uses AES-CTR encryption with a repeated (aka re-used) nonce, allowing an adversary to decrypt.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-03 15:09 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-330 - Use of Insufficiently Random Values
Assigner
References
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