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CVE-2008-5688

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
19/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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