CKFinder up to 2.6.2.1/3.5.0 Documentation Content Sniffing information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CKFinder up to 2.6.2.1/3.5.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Documentation. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Content Sniffing). This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-15891. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CKFinder up to 2.6.2.1/3.5.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Documentation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Content Sniffing). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in CKFinder through 2.6.2.1 and 3.x through 3.5.0. The documentation has misleading information that could lead to a conclusion that the application has a built-in bulletproof content sniffing protection.

The weakness was disclosed 09/26/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-15891 since 09/03/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Content Sniffing
Class: Information disclosure / Content Sniffing
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/03/2019 🔍
09/26/2019 +23 days 🔍
09/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/28/2023 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ckeditor.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-15891 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-15891
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142377
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2019 06:02 PM
Updated: 12/28/2023 02:25 PM
Changes: 09/27/2019 06:02 PM (36), 09/10/2020 08:41 PM (17), 12/28/2023 02:25 PM (3)
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