CVE-2008-5688
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5688
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5688.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5688
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-12-19T17:30:03Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:40:25.062155Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html