XMB Forum 1.9 Nexus Beta phpinfo.php information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in XMB Forum 1.9 Nexus Beta (Forum Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the file phpinfo.php. 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. CVE summarizes:

Intentional information leak in phpinfo.php in XMB (aka extreme message board) 1.9 beta (aka Nexus beta) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the configuration of the web server and the PHP application.

The weakness was released 03/26/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2588 since 11/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:phpinfo.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15656). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 21690, 21691, 22936 and 82368.

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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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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Janek Vind
Organization: waraxe
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2588 (🔍)
X-Force: 15656 - XMB phpinfo.php script could allow an attacker to obtain information
SecurityTracker: 1009561
SecurityFocus: 9983
Secunia: 11230 - XMB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4643 - XMB Forum phpinfo.php Information Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:11
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (60), 06/30/2018 09:11 (8)
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