CVE-2008-5688

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5688
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-19T17:30:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2009-02-18T05:00:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349 Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5688
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5688
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:16:27 Added to TrackCVE