{"uuid": "06d387b0-9f84-43e5-9678-ebb5eba6d17b", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2017-0372", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"php\", \"author\": [\"Yorick Koster\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": true, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits an option injection vulnerability in the SyntaxHighlight\\n          extension of MediaWiki. It tries to create & execute a PHP file in the document root.\\n          The USERNAME & PASSWORD options are only needed if the Wiki is configured as private.\\n\\n          This vulnerability affects any MediaWiki installation with SyntaxHighlight version 2.0\\n          installed & enabled. This extension ships with the AIO package of MediaWiki version\\n          1.27.x & 1.28.x. A fix for this issue is included in MediaWiki version 1.28.2 and\\n          version 1.27.3.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2017-04-06\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-04-22 11:57:58 +0000\", \"name\": \"MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight extension option injection vulnerability\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"unknown-reliability\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"unknown-side-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"unknown-stability\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb\", \"platform\": \"PHP\", \"post_auth\": true, \"rank\": 400, \"ref_name\": \"multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2017-0372\", \"URL-https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html\", \"URL-https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158689\", \"URL-https://securify.nl/advisory/SFY20170201/syntaxhighlight_mediawiki_extension_allows_injection_of_arbitrary_pygments_options.html\"], \"rport\": 80, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"Automatic Targeting\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:50:02.364759Z"}