A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in miniBB 2.2. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file index.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument glang 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:

miniBB 2.2, and possibly earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain the full path via a direct request to the glang parameter in a registernew action to index.php, which leaks the path in an error message.

The weakness was shared 04/30/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2028 since 04/30/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42012) and Exploit-DB (5494). The entries 42205 and 42201 are related to this item.

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