CVE-2013-4301

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.

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Notes

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4301