CVE-2008-5688

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    CVE-2008-5688

    Published: 19 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/33349, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails, 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