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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-0361- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-0361- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0715 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0715- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9hp2-ghj9-3753
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains an information disclosure flaw, where the api...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9hp2-ghj9-3753- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-0361- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0361- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0361- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0110 No score
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerability
API parameters may now be marked as "sensitive" to keep their values out of the logs (CVE-2017-0361).
"Mark all pages visited" on the watchlist now requires a CSRF token (CVE-2017-0362).
Special:UserLogin and Special:Search allow redirect to interwiki links (CVE-2017-0363, CVE-2017-0364).
XSS in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() when $wgAdvancedSearchHighlighting is true (CVE-2017-0365).
SVG filter evasion using default attribute values in DTD declaration (CVE-2017-0366).
Escape content model/format url parameter in message (CVE-2017-0368).
Sysops can undelete pages, although the page is protected against it (CVE-2017-0369).
Spam blacklist ineffective on encoded URLs inside file inclusion syntax's link parameter (CVE-2017-0370).
- Record
MGASA-2017-0110- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-0361 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mediawiki, published April 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1:1.27.2-1.