Information Exposure Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.25.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.43% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-MEDIAWIKI-20414231
  • published3 Oct 2026
  • disclosed9 Nov 2015

Introduced: 9 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-8005  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest mediawiki to version 1:1.25.5-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 uses the thumbnail ImageMagick command line argument, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by reading the metadata of a PNG thumbnail file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1