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CVE-2017-8809

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.

Published

2017-11-15T08:29:00.640

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-74

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	≤ 1.27.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.28.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.28.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.28.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.29.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.29.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)