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CVE-2008-5688

Date: December 19, 2008

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 Score

Related Resources (7)

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5688
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5688

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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