CVE-2017-8808

medium

Description

MediaWiki 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.

References

Advisories
More

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N