PT-2018-5130 · Wikimedia+1 · Syntaxhighlighter+2

Yorick Koster · Published 2017-08-22 · Updated 2018-05-17 · CVE-2017-0372

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mediawiki versions prior to 1.23.16 Mediawiki versions prior to 1.27.3 Mediawiki versions prior to 1.28.2

Description The issue is related to parameters injection in the SyntaxHighlight extension of Mediawiki. This might result in multiple vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.23.16, update to version 1.23.16 or later. For versions prior to 1.27.3, update to version 1.27.3 or later. For versions prior to 1.28.2, update to version 1.28.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2095

CVE-2017-0372

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

Syntaxhighlighter

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158689 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0372 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372 · Security Note
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000209.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/861585 · Note