PT-2017-18549 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Published 2017-11-15 · Updated 2017-12-11 · CVE-2017-8815

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.27.4 MediaWiki versions 1.28.x prior to 1.28.3 MediaWiki versions 1.29.x prior to 1.29.2

Description The issue concerns the language converter in MediaWiki, which allows attribute injection attacks through glossary rules.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.27.4, update to version 1.27.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.28.x prior to 1.28.3, update to version 1.28.3 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.29.x prior to 1.29.2, update to version 1.29.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2786

CVE-2017-8815

DSA-4036-1

MGASA-2017-0429

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 26

• 🔥 https://github.com/motikan2010/CVE-2017-8809_MediaWiki_RFD · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mediawiki · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8812 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0429.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0429 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8808 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8815 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8810 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8811 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4036-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8815 · Security Note
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8814 · Security Note