CVE-2018-13258

Description

Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1 misses .htaccess files in the provided tarball used to protect some directories that shouldn't be web accessible.

How to fix CVE-2018-13258

To remediate CVE-2018-13258, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Packagist/mediawiki/core—upgrade to 1.31.1 or later

Is CVE-2018-13258 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.1

CVSS scores

References (6)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13258
• PATCHgithub.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
• WEBgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-13258.yaml
• WEBlists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html