Information disclosure in MediaWiki - CVE-2017-0361

 

Information disclosure in MediaWiki - CVE-2017-0361

Published: April 13, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31319
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0361
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains an information disclosure flaw, where the api.log might contain passwords in plaintext.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-0361

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources