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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900422
Category:Web application abuses
Title:MediaWiki 1.8.1 - 1.13.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Summary:MediaWiki is prone to multiple information disclosure; vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
MediaWiki is prone to multiple information disclosure
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaws are due to:

- wgShowExceptionDetails variable sometimes shows the installation path of MediaWiki which can
lead to expose sensitive information about the remote system.

- fails to protect against the download of backups of deleted images in images/deleted/.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will lead to gain knowledge on sensitive
directories on the remote web server via requests.

Affected Software/OS:
MediaWiki versions 1.8.1 through 1.13.3.

Solution:
Update to version 1.15.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5687
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
XForce ISS Database: mediawiki-images-info-disclosure(47678)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5688
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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