CVE-2008-5687 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5687?

CVE-2008-5687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 19 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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/.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5687?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5687?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-5687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5687, GHSA-jjqg-xp72-5w5q.