CVE-2017-8814 Information

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.\

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5