CVE-2013-4301

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895

http://secunia.com/advisories/54715

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553

http://osvdb.org/96913

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-27

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium