CVE-2008-5688

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.

🔗 References (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33349
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
• cve@mitrehttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
• cve@mitrehttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html