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CVE-2008-5687
MediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly protect against the download of backups of deleted images, which might…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
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/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- FEDORA-2008-11802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [mediawiki-announce] 20081215 MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-11688 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- mediawiki-images-info-disclosure(47678) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33349 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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