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MediaWiki: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2017-8814)

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MediaWiki: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2017-8814)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/15/2017
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

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."

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

References

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