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
Published Oct 27, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.08%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.19.0
- 1.19.1
- 1.19.2
- 1.19.3
- 1.19.4
- 1.19.5
- 1.19.6
- 1.19.7
- 1.20
- 1.20.1
- 1.20.2
- 1.20.3
- 1.20.4
- 1.20.5
- 1.20.6
- 1.21
- 1.21.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02084) | 80.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02084) | 79.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.48% (0.00479) | 62.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 80.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 80.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00583) | 77.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00583) | 75.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00706) | 77.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 77.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/96913 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54715 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/96913 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/54715 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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