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CVE-2017-0361

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-0361 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions before 1.28.1, 1.27.2, and 1.23.16, specifically impacting Debian distributions. This flaw allows for passwords to be logged in plaintext within the api.log file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges and local access for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.23.0, <= 1.23.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.27.0, < 1.27.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: mediawiki123

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-0361Moderate

mediawiki: information disclosure in the api.log

Jan 29, 2016

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html
Vendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T125177
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2017-0361
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1039812
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry