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FKIE_CVE-2008-5687

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-19 17:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35

Severity

Summary

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/.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678
cve@mitre.org	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
cve@mitre.org	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11.1
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11.2
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.0
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.0
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.1
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.2
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.3
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.1
mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.2

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CVE-2008-5687 (GCVE-0-2008-5687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-19 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2008-12-15 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2008-5687 (GCVE-0-2008-5687)

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