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CVE-2017-0372

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0372 describes a critical parameters injection vulnerability in the SyntaxHighlight extension of MediaWiki, affecting versions prior to 1.23.16, 1.27.3, and 1.28.2, including Debian distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.23.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.27.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.27.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.27.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight extension option injection vulnerability · Apr 6, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1165 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / 861585
Third Party Advisory
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000209.html
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T158689
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2017-0372
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory