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."
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4036-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17757 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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.905Z

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8814

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-15T08:29:00.780

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8814

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