CGIScript.net csNews 1.0/1.0 Professional Advanced Settings csNews.cgi pheader/pfooter File information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in CGIScript.net csNews 1.0/1.0 Professional and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file csNews.cgi of the component Advanced Settings. The manipulation of the argument pheader/pfooter
with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
CGIScript.net csNews.cgi allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files, and possibly gain privileges, via the (1) pheader or (2) pfooter parameters in the "Advanced Settings" capability.
The weakness was published 10/04/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0923. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11726 (CGIScript.net csNews.cgi Advanced Settings Multiple Parameter Arbitrary File Retrieval), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2223.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9333) and Tenable (11726). Similar entries are available at 18861, 18859 and 18858.
Product
Vendor
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploiting
Name: FileClass: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 11726
Nessus Name: CGIScript.net csNews.cgi Advanced Settings Multiple Parameter Arbitrary File Retrieval
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OpenVAS ID: 11726
OpenVAS Name: CSNews.cgi vulnerability
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 2223
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP CGIScript.net csNews.cgi access
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Timeline
06/11/2002 🔍06/11/2002 🔍
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06/11/2003 🔍
11/24/2003 🔍
07/29/2014 🔍
05/17/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0923 (🔍)
X-Force: 9333
Vulnerability Center: 2929 - CGIScript.net csNews.cgi Allows File Disclosure and Privilege Elevation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4994 - CGIScript.net csNews Header File Type Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/29/2014 11:13Updated: 05/17/2019 06:53
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:13 (73), 05/17/2019 06:53 (2)
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