CVE-2008-5687

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    CVE-2008-5687

    Published: 19 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: MediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly protect against the download of backups of deleted images, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via requests for files in images/deleted/.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33349, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High