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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.15/1.27.1/1.28.0 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown part of the file api.log. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 04/06/2018. The weakness was shared 04/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0361 since 11/29/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:api.log it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104693 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (298829e2-ccce-11e7-92e4-000c29649f92)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276589 (Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2017-3fb95ed01f)).

Upgrading to version 1.23.16, 1.27.2 or 1.28.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104693). The entries 102879, 109444, 109445 and 109446 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.23.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.3
• 1.23.4
• 1.23.5
• 1.23.6
• 1.23.7
• 1.23.8
• 1.23.9
• 1.23.10
• 1.23.11
• 1.23.12
• 1.23.13
• 1.23.14
• 1.23.15
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.27.0
• 1.27.1
• 1.28

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 104693
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (298829e2-ccce-11e7-92e4-000c29649f92)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2017-3fb95ed01f
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.16/1.27.2/1.28.1

Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
11/19/2017 +355 days 🔍
11/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +137 days 🔍
04/13/2018 +6 days 🔍
04/13/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2018 +3 days 🔍
02/09/2021 +1030 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-0361 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039812

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2018 09:22
Updated: 02/09/2021 19:37
Changes: 04/16/2018 09:22 (74), 01/24/2020 20:36 (1), 02/09/2021 19:37 (2)
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