CVE-2017-8815

Debian Security Advisory 4036-1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 attribute injection attacks via glossary rules.

El convertidor de lenguaje en MediaWiki en versiones anteriores a la 1.27.4; las versiones 1.28.x anteriores a la 1.28.3 y las versiones 1.29.x anteriores a la 1.29.2 permiten ataques de inyección de atributos mediante reglas de glosario.

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-05-07 CVE Reserved
2017-11-15 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html	2017-11-28

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036	2017-11-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				<= 1.27.3 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " <= 1.27.3"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.28.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.28.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.28.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.28.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.28.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.28.2"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.29.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.29.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.29.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.29.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected