CVE-2017-0365 | XSS in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() [requires non-default config]

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a XSS vulnerability in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() with non-default configurations.

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-2017-0365 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-0365

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 0.33% 1.19% +0.86%
2 2025-07-30 0.37% 0.33% -0.04%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-0365

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 2.7 [email protected]
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-0365

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-0365

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-0365 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-2017-0365
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0365
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-0365 medium 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-2017-0365

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-0365

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-2017-0365

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