CVE-2017-8808 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
MediawikiDebian MediawikiDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 has XSS when the $wgShowExceptionDetails setting is false and the browser sends non-standard URL escaping.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.27.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.27.4-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.27.3+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-82j7-474r-g29g: MediaWiki before 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-8808: MediaWiki before 1↗2017-11-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-8808: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 has XSS ...↗2017
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