CVE-2008-5688 (GCVE-0-2008-5688)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-19 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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