CVE-2011-0537
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) languages/Language.php and (2) includes/StubObject.php in MediaWiki 1.8.0 and other versions before 1.16.2, when running on Windows and possibly Novell Netware, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via vectors related to a crafted language file and the Language::factory function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0555)
- Published
- February 4, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0555 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mediawiki / mediawiki
- mediawiki / mediawiki
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References
- http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.2.patch.gz(Patch)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-February/000095.html(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/70798
- http://osvdb.org/70799
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/3
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0273(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27094
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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