Information disclosure in MediaWiki
CVE-2008-5688
MediaWiki 1.8.1, and other versions before 1.13.3, when the wgShowExceptionDetails variable is enabled, sometimes provides the full installation path in a debugging message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified requests that trigger an uncaught exception.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33349 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)