CVE-2017-8812 (GCVE-0-2017-8812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-15 08:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:48
Severity ?
CWE
  • greater than injection
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows remote attackers to inject > (greater than) characters via the id attribute of a headline.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 Version: MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2
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