CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5688

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

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 configurations

• mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.2 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.3 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.4 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.5 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.0 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.2 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.3 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.4 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.5 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.6 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.0 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.2 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.3 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.4 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.11 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.11.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.11.2 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.0 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.2 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.3 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.0 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.1 • mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References