Easyscripts Easynews 1.5 News Message Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Easyscripts Easynews 1.5. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component News Message Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1437. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Easyscripts Easynews 1.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component News Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

easyScripts easyNews 1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain the full path of the web root via a view request with a non-integer news message id field, which leaks the path in a PHP error message when the script times out.

The weakness was disclosed 12/01/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1437 since 04/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7660) and SecurityFocus (BID 3649†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
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: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2001 🔍
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04/21/2005 +1237 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +3367 days 🔍
11/17/2024 +3783 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1437 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1437
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17647
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 7660 - easyNews PHP script could reveal the path to Web root
SecurityFocus: 3649 - EasyNews Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 04:43 PM
Updated: 11/17/2024 04:02 AM
Changes: 07/10/2014 04:43 PM (51), 06/04/2018 08:57 AM (6), 11/17/2024 04:02 AM (17)
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