AJ-Fork 167 Error Message auto-acronyms.php information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in AJ-Fork 167. This affects an unknown part of the file auto-acronyms.php of the component Error Message Handler. 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:

AJ-Fork 167 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) auto-acronyms.php, (2) auto-archive.php, (3) ount-article-views.php, (4) kses.php, (5) custom-quick-tags.php, (6) disable-all-comments.php, (7) easy-date-format.php, (8) enable-disable-comments.php, (9) filter-by-author.php, (10) format-switcher.php, (11) long-to-short.php, (12) prospective-posting.php, or (13) sort-by-xfield.php, which displays the full path in an error message.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1571 since 02/20/2005. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:auto-acronyms.php 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 (17568). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 22852.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: Yes

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02/20/2005 +51 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3705 days 🔍
06/22/2018 +1165 days 🔍

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Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1571 (🔍)
X-Force: 17568 - AJ-Fork path disclosure

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:31
Updated: 06/22/2018 07:56
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:31 (44), 06/22/2018 07:56 (6)
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