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Medium
CVE-2008-5687
MediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly...
Vulnerability Description
MediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly protect against the download of backups of deleted images, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via requests for files in images/deleted/.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.11, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 19th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.