CVE-2017-0361 (GCVE-0-2017-0361)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:07
VLAI
Title
api.log contains passwords in plaintext
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • information disclosure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mediawiki mediawiki Affected: n/a
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Date Public
2017-04-06 00:00
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