CVE-2008-5687

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5687
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-19 17:30:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki 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/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 rc2 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-41.99.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for mediawiki - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-42.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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