CVE-2017-8812 Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.27.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-MEDIAWIKI-1553952
  • published15 Nov 2017
  • disclosed15 Nov 2017

Introduced: 15 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-8812  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 mediawiki to version 1:1.27.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.