High severity · published Nov 15, 2017
CVE-2017-8814
The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a rule definition followed by "a…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a rule definition followed by "a lot of junk."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.27.3; 1.28.0; 1.28.1; 1.28.2; 1.29.0; 1.29.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8814
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8814
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812
Mailing List
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036
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