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CVE-2017-8812

Date: November 15, 2017

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (6)

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8812

Url: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8812

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8812

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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