Information Exposure Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.19.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.55% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-MEDIAWIKI-11760434
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed20 Nov 2019

Introduced: 20 Nov 2019

CVE-2013-1817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 mediawiki to version 1:1.19.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 contains an error in the api.php script which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Scores

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