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CVE-2008-5688

N/A
Published: December 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (5)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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