Path Traversal in MediaWiki
CVE-2011-0537
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) languages/Language.php and (2) includes/StubObject.php in MediaWiki 1.8.0 and other versions before 1.16.2, when running on Windows and possibly Novell Netware, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via vectors related to a crafted language file and the Language::factory function.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.029 (85.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mediawiki — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)