CVE-2017-8811
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.27.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.27.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.27.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.27.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.27.4-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1.29.2-1 |
References
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.