CVE-2017-8808

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8808
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-15 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-28 16:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.29.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.29.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.28.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.29.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.29.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[MediaWiki-announce] Security release: 1.29.2 / 1.28.3 / 1.27.4 CONFIRM lists.wikimedia.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4036-1 mediawiki DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
MediaWiki Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Modify Data, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Local Users Obtain Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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