CVE-2018-13258: Mediawiki tarball is missing .htaccess files

medium Affects mediawiki/core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-14; advisory modified 2024-05-19.

Mediawiki tarball is missing .htaccess files

Package: mediawiki/core Composer
Affected versions: >=1.31.0 and <1.31.1
Fixed in: 1.31.1
Severity: medium CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (82.9th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-284

NVD record mediawiki/core advisories

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