Critical severity · published Apr 13, 2018
CVE-2017-0372
Parameters injection in the SyntaxHighlight extension of Mediawiki before 1.23.16, 1.27.3 and 1.28.2 might result in multiple vulnerabilities
9.8
CVSS
11.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Parameters injection in the SyntaxHighlight extension of Mediawiki before 1.23.16, 1.27.3 and 1.28.2 might result in multiple vulnerabilities.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.3% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.23.15; 1.27.0; 1.27.1; 1.27.2; 1.28.0; 1.28.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0372
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/861585
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000209.html
Exploit
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158689
Issue Tracking
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0372
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