{"cve":"CVE-2008-5688","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-19T17:30:03.407","modified":"2026-06-16T23:00:48.460","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/33349","http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails","https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html","https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html"],"products":["mediawiki:mediawiki"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5688","score":0.01129,"percentile":0.664,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}