Stepweb SWS 2.5 Password Manager admin.html information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Stepweb SWS 2.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file admin.html of the component Password Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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. The summary by CVE is:
The admin.html file in StepWeb Search Engine (SWS) 2.5 stores passwords in links to manager.pl, which allows remote attackers who can access the admin.html file to gain administrative privileges to SWS.
The bug was discovered 04/12/2002. The weakness was disclosed 07/03/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0537. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 82 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (8849).
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍
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0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/12/2002 🔍04/12/2002 🔍
07/03/2002 🔍
07/03/2002 🔍
07/03/2002 🔍
12/12/2004 🔍
07/11/2014 🔍
06/03/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0537 (🔍)
X-Force: 8849
Vulnerability Center: 6400 - Stepweb SWS 2.5 Allows Gaining Administrative Privileges via manager.pl, High
SecurityFocus: 4503 - StepWeb Search Engine Admin Webpage Access Vulnerability
OSVDB: 11868 - StepWeb Search Engine - Admin Webpage Access Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 14:19Updated: 06/03/2019 20:37
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:19 (57), 06/03/2019 20:37 (3)
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