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CVE-2017-8815

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8815 is an attribute injection vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions prior to 1.27.4, 1.28.3, and 1.29.2, specifically within its language converter via glossary rules. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact over the network with low attack complexity, though it does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.27.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.28.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.28.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4036
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1039812
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry