CVE-2017-0361
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains an information disclosure flaw, where the api.log might contain passwords in plaintext.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains an information disclosure flaw, where the api.log might contain passwords in plaintext.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125177Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0361Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125177Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0361Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.