CVE-2013-4301

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    CVE-2013-4301

    Published: 27 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderContext.php in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a "<" (open angle bracket) character in the lang parameter to w/load.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/54715, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html, http://osvdb.org/96913, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21

    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
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