CVE-2017-8812
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.57% (75th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows remote attackers to inject > (greater than) characters via the id attribute of a headline.
01
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.3
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
02
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-89USLLM-inferred
03
affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2≤ MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2enisa_euvdEU
04
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
05
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
06
references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812cnnvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812enisa_euvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.htmlMailing ListPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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