CVE-2008-5688 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5688?

CVE-2008-5688 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 1.8.1, 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5688?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5688?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-5688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki

• CVE-2023-37303 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-29904 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-29906 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-28205 Business logic in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-28206 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8

All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5688, GHSA-734c-2q7q-jhcc.