CVE-2011-0537 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-0537?

CVE-2011-0537 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 4 Feb 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) languages/Language.php and (2) includes/StubObject.php in MediaWiki 1.8.0 and other versions before 1.16.2, when running on Windows and possibly Novell Netware, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via vectors related to a crafted language file and the Language::factory function.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0537?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0537?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-0537 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0537 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 GHSA-8vw9-c3gr-76x2.