CVE-2008-5688 (GCVE-0-2008-5688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-19 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2315 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExc… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-12-15 00:00
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