Description
The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a rule definition followed by "a lot of junk."
Published: 2017-11-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4036-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17757 The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a rule definition followed by "a lot of junk."
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Debian Debian Linux
Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.905Z

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8814

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-15T08:29:00.780

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8814

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