CVE-2017-0370
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a flaw were Spam blacklist is ineffective on encoded URLs inside file inclusion syntax's link parameter.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a flaw were Spam blacklist is ineffective on encoded URLs inside file inclusion syntax's link parameter.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.38% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 1.4% 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
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48143Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0370Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48143Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0370Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.