Vulnerability Instance

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            "description": "This module exploits an option injection vulnerability in the SyntaxHighlight\n          extension of MediaWiki. It tries to create & execute a PHP file in the document root.\n          The USERNAME & PASSWORD options are only needed if the Wiki is configured as private.\n\n          This vulnerability affects any MediaWiki installation with SyntaxHighlight version 2.0\n          installed & enabled. This extension ships with the AIO package of MediaWiki version\n          1.27.x & 1.28.x. A fix for this issue is included in MediaWiki version 1.28.2 and\n          version 1.27.3.",
            "required_action": null,
            "due_date": null,
            "notes": "Reliability:\n  - unknown-reliability\nStability:\n  - unknown-stability\nSideEffects:\n  - unknown-side-effects\n",
            "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false,
            "source_date_published": "2017-04-06",
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            "platform": "PHP",
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