CVE-2013-4301
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Information disclosure
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderContext.php in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a "<" (open angle bracket) character in the lang parameter to w/load.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54715Advisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
- http://osvdb.org/96913
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20