Information disclosure in MediaWiki - CVE-2013-1817
Published: November 20, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30592
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1817
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki
MediaWiki
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 contains an error in the api.php script which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1817
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58305
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1817
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88359
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1817