Vulnerability CVE-2017-8811
Published: 2017-11-15

Description:
The implementation of raw message parameter expansion in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows HTML mangling attacks.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mediawiki -> Mediawiki 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036
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