CVE-2008-5688 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Mediawiki

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedDec 19
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.13.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.13.3-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki27 versions+26

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-734c-2q7q-jhcc: MediaWiki 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2008-5688: MediaWiki 1↗2008-12-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2008-5688: mediawiki - MediaWiki 1.8.1, and other versions before 1.13.3, when the wgShowExceptionDetai...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
mediawiki: multiple XSS and CSRF issues (CVE-2008-5249, CVE-2008-5250, CVE-2008-5252, CVE-2008-5687, CVE-2008-5688)↗2008-12-16
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