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a CSRF token\n(CVE-2017-0362).\n\nSpecial:UserLogin and Special:Search allow redirect to interwiki links\n(CVE-2017-0363, CVE-2017-0364).\n\nXSS in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() when\n$wgAdvancedSearchHighlighting is true (CVE-2017-0365).\n\nSVG filter evasion using default attribute values in DTD declaration\n(CVE-2017-0366).\n\nEscape content model/format url parameter in message (CVE-2017-0368).\n\nSysops can undelete pages, although the page is protected against it\n(CVE-2017-0369).\n\nSpam blacklist ineffective on encoded URLs inside file inclusion syntax's\nlink parameter (CVE-2017-0370).\n","status":"published","published":"2017-04-16T06:29:12Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:27.948149359Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.103088Z"}]}}