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Fencer Intel
high 8.8

CVE-2017-0367 json

Having LocalisationCache directory default to system tmp directory is insecure

published 2018-04-13 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0721

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 contains an unsafe use of temporary directory, where having LocalisationCache directory default to system tmp directory is insecure.

Patch / fix

  • mediawiki mediawiki 1.27.2, 1.28.1
  • mediawiki Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.27.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0367

  • mediawiki Arch Linux 1.28.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-236

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-0367 updated cvss 4.3

mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 mediawiki123
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • mediawiki mediawiki

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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