CVE-2017-0361 | api.log contains passwords in plaintext

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.

Published: 2018-04-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-0361 is rated Moderate Risk (44.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-0361

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.46% +0.37%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.09% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-0361

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-0361

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-0361

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-0361 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mediawiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0361
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0361
ubuntu low CVE-2017-0361 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mediawiki), 10 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 4, not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0361

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-0361

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mediawiki mediawiki >= 1.23.0, <= 1.23.16 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-0361

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