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MediaWiki Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0537 - Vulnerability Database
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MediaWiki Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0537

High
Reference: CVE-2011-0537
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0537
Title: MediaWiki Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

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.