CVE-2013-4301

MediaWiki <1.19.8, <1.20.7, <1.21.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Lang Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54715
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/96913
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332

Scores

EPSS 0.0071
EPSS Percentile 72.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (17)
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.0
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.1
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.2
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.3
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.4
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.5
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.6
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.7
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.20
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.20.1
... and 7 more
Published Oct 27, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026