CVE-2017-8809

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Published Nov 15, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 7.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

api.php in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 has a Reflected File Download vulnerability.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4036-1	mediawiki security update

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.7% (7.714% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Mediawiki Mediawiki

Weaknesses

CWE-74

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published: Nov 15, 2017, 8:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved: May 7, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 15, 2017, 8:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

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