CVE•Published 2026-07-01•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-8857Mediawiki · Mediawiki
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
18
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 82% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation timeline. This vulnerability is associated with program files scripts/EasyTimeline.Pl, includes/Timeline.Php. This issue affects timeline: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-01
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag146 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-8857Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mediawiki Mediawiki"All exposed Mediawiki Mediawiki instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Mediawiki"HTTP body or banner mentions "Mediawiki" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-8857Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-8857Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-8857Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-8857GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-8857" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.