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Vulnerability details: VCID-cyux-8ubr-t3a6
Vulnerability ID VCID-cyux-8ubr-t3a6
Aliases CVE-2017-0372
Summary Parameters injection in the SyntaxHighlight extension of Mediawiki before 1.23.16, 1.27.3 and 1.28.2 might result in multiple vulnerabilities.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
System Score Found at
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epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
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epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
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epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
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epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
epss 0.58957 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-259
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0372
https://bugs.debian.org/861585
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0372
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000209.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158689
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0372
861585 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861585
AVG-259 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-259
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-0372 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
Data source Metasploit
Description This module exploits an option injection vulnerability in the SyntaxHighlight extension of MediaWiki. It tries to create & execute a PHP file in the document root. The USERNAME & PASSWORD options are only needed if the Wiki is configured as private. This vulnerability affects any MediaWiki installation with SyntaxHighlight version 2.0 installed & enabled. This extension ships with the AIO package of MediaWiki version 1.27.x & 1.28.x. A fix for this issue is included in MediaWiki version 1.28.2 and version 1.27.3.
Note 
Reliability:
  - unknown-reliability
Stability:
  - unknown-stability
SideEffects:
  - unknown-side-effects
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date April 6, 2017
Platform PHP
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98121
EPSS Score 0.58957
Published At July 31, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:54:51.478355+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0372 37.0.0