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Vulnerability details: VCID-nrfj-w1kq-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-nrfj-w1kq-aaan
Aliases CVE-2008-5688
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5688
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5688
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5688
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
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://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
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CVE-2008-5688 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5688
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5688
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.53113
EPSS Score 0.00332
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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