CVE-2008-5688

Name	CVE-2008-5688
Description	MediaWiki 1.8.1, and other versions before 1.13.3, when the wgShowExceptionDetails variable is enabled, sometimes provides the full installation path in a debugging message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified requests that trigger an uncaught exception.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
mediawiki (PTS)	bullseye	1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:1.35.13-1+deb11u4	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1:1.39.13-1~deb12u1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	1:1.43.3+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
mediawiki	source	(unstable)	1:1.13.3-1	unimportant
mediawiki1.7	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Installation path disclosure not treated as a security issue