CVE-2017-20175
DaSchTour matomo-mediawiki-extension Username Piwik.hooks.php cross site scripting
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- VulDB
Description
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/pull/17 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulDB
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
DaSchTour · matomo-mediawiki-extension
- affected 2.4.0
- affected 2.4.1
- affected 2.4.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmediawiki/matomoGHSA-hc67-v29c-7g78 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220203 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/pull/17 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/commit/681324e4f518a8af4bd1f93867074c728eb9923d (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/DaSchTour/matomo-mediawiki-extension/releases/tag/v2.4.3 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hc67-v29c-7g78 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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