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CVE-2018-13258: Tarball was missing .htaccess files

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

• Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: from 1.31.0 through 1.31.1

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199029
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199029

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