CVE-2017-20175

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in DaSchTour matomo-mediawiki-extension up to 2.4.2 on MediaWiki. This affects an unknown part of the file Piwik.hooks.php of the component Username Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.4.3 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 681324e4f518a8af4bd1f93867074c728eb9923d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220203.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/commit/681324e4f518a8af4bd1f93867074c728eb9923d	Patch
https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/pull/17	Exploit Patch
https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/releases/tag/v2.4.3	Release Notes
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220203	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.220203	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:matomo:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

History

29 Feb 2024, 01:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-02-05 20:15

Updated : 2024-05-17 01:17

NVD link : CVE-2017-20175

Mitre link : CVE-2017-20175

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-20175

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

matomo

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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