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CVE-2017-8811 (GCVE-0-2017-8811)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-15 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
VLAI
Summary
The implementation of raw message parameter expansion in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows HTML mangling attacks.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • HTML mangling
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-a… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 Affected: MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2
Date Public
2017-11-15 00:00
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